Aviation Investment Lounge

“Why us, why now? Are we losing our jobs?… “At this episode, we talk with Enzo Zangrilli , that in quarantine from his house inspire us with an empowering testimonial about the state of the aviation sector in the country most affected with the Corona Virus, Italy.

I normally attend one to two investors initiatives per month, and among the escalation of Corona threat, these events came less crowed. I wanted to share with you some thoughts regarding investment trends and some real life advice for the entrepreneurs that are scouting for investments. At this episode, we had the honour of hosting Amir Merchant , a habitue at these investors gatherings, an extremely respected banker, a well-known advisor and consultant for funds and responsible for some huge business transactions better reference funds, private and sovereign. Our guest today is Mr. Amir Merchant is the Chief Executive Officer of Sovereign Gulf Partners, with more than 30 years' experience in Investment Banking…..his expertise covers international markets such as the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East as well as Emerging Markets.

At this episode, we will discover an innovative project, an inspiring team that imagined, designed and delivered the airline meal tray of the future! Yes, a meal tray,….where we are served our food when we fly… You may think that’s a humble meal tray, but these entrepreneurs, revamp the concept, delivering a sustainable option, cost-effective and with digital capacities. It just took them a couple of years, from the ignition idea, until being on the process of starting production of 18 million of these food trays to be used at 400 aircraft, serving millions of meals, in a potential deal with 4 airlines……So how did it happen? We are going to meet YAD, Maria and RIJAL, founding partners of The Concept. I hope that you feel as powerful and inspired as the did recording this podcast.

Airports infrastructure are one of the hottest investments in the aviation sector.But now everything as changed.With history revealing that Airports post-recession recovery can achieve a multiple of 14 to 16 time EBITDA, what is going to happen during the difficult times, and after? Some Airport will stop operating, some will freeze their expansion plans, others will strive in the rebound. We needed to make the right questions to the right person, and Curtis Grad is defiantly the one.

What's the real situation, how are airlines handling this extremely complex situation? What's the forecast? And after the storm is over what will happen?

I'm such a fan of NG Aviation, it's amazing founder's Simona Franková and Michal Demko, and today I had a blast understanding how did they soar from dream to truly global aviation software provider.