Aerospace Team

James F. Bohlman

Managing Director, Global Head of Corporate Advisory, Aviation Investment Banking & Restructuring, Co-Head of Americas Consulting

Jim Bohlman joined Seabury in 2011 as Managing Director. He is responsible for the firm’s Corporate Advisory division, Aviation Investment Banking & Restructuring practice and Consulting activities in the Americas. He brings over 20 years of management consulting and investment banking experience in a variety of industries, with a focus on aviation, aerospace and defense. He has restructured transactions exceeding US$7billion in aviation and A&D-related matters and has led numerous Aviation-related capital raise mandates. Additionally, he has led virtually every aspect of turnaround and performance improvement efforts for clients, and has advised sell-side and buy-side M&A clients on deal structuring, target assessment and post-acquisition matters for significant transactions in the aviation, aircraft leasing and A&D sectors.

Lynn Brubaker

Senior Advisor

Lynn Brubaker is a Senior Advisor to Seabury’s Aerospace Division, working with Seabury’s aviation and aerospace clients. Her career has spanned 30 years in aerospace and aviation and includes executive positions with Honeywell International’s Commercial Aerospace and McDonnell Douglas Corporation. She also served in management roles at Northwest Airlines and Comair.

Claude-Henri Hereus

Senior Vice President

Claude-Henri Hereus joined Seabury as Vice President of Seabury Aerospace in April 2008. Mr. Hereus joined the Aerospace and Defense industry in early 1990 with Aerospatiale and held several positions in Finance, Controlling and Procurement at Aerospatiale Headquarters and at Airbus and EADS. Most recently he was Vice President for Procurement Strategy with Airbus in Toulouse, France.

Tej Mehta

Vice President

Tej Mehta has been in the aviation and aerospace industry for over 12 years. He joined Seabury in January 2008, and has since worked with several clients around the world, including several major airlines, Tier 1 aerospace companies, major MROs and prominent financial institutions.

He has advised clients on several key business issues including strategy development, business planning, post merger integration, full operational turnarounds, due diligence screenings, market forecasting, and contracts benchmarking.