Seabury Expands Airline Investment Banking/Consulting Staff

NEW YORK, July 27, 2006 – Seabury today announced that, in order to better serve its current and growing transportation client base, it has promoted one of its European-based senior executives to the position of Executive Director and added four other executives with aviation industry experience to the firm.

• Martin J. Wills, based in Seabury’s European headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, office with marketing responsibilities for Europe and the Middle East, has been promoted to Executive Director. Mr. Wills has more than 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, and financial and risk management and also served as Senior Vice President of debis AirFinance (now AerCap B.V.) before joining Seabury in 2004.
• Andy Phillips joined the firm as Senior Vice President, Technical Services. He previously served as a consultant to BAE Systems’ Asset Management in association with Bayerische Landesbank in Munich and has more than 25 years experience in aviation technical services .
• Max Reilly, based in Seabury Airline Planning Group’s Bangkok office, joined the firm as Vice President with responsibility for executing consulting assignments principally for Europe-based airlines. He previously was with the Star Alliance and has extensive experience in network planning and alliance revenue analysis.
• Ross McKenzie has rejoined the firm as Vice President with responsibility for client business plan development. Mr. McKenzie was a Vice President with SkyWorks Capital, and later, Senior Director, Finance, with Independence Air. Mr. McKenzie has eight years of experience in airline financial planning and analysis.
• Thompson S. Young has joined Seabury’s Investment Banking Division as Vice President. Mr. Young has over six years of investment banking experience covering capital-intensive industries, including natural resources, power and transportation. He began his banking career in the New York office of Banc of America Securities, followed by posts with Taurus F.C. and SkyWorks Capital.

“Seabury’s growing worldwide client base requires the type of diverse and in-depth expertise that these professionals bring to our consulting, restructuring and investment banking practices,” said John E. Luth, chairman, president and CEO of Seabury.

Founded in 1995, Seabury is the leading independent, transportation-focused investment banking and advisory firm serving aviation and other clients in three principal areas: investment banking, restructuring and consulting.

Seabury now serves over 100 clients in the United States , Europe and Australasia by providing investment banking and structured finance advice, corporate transformation services, operational and network/alliance management consulting services, and software planning and analytical tools to transportation, logistics, and freight businesses.

In recent years, Seabury has become known as the most influential financial advisor in the restructuring of the North American airline industry by virtue of its advisory assignments for US Airways, including the merger with America West; its restructuring and recapitalization of Air Canada ; and its current restructuring assignment with Northwest Airlines.

From an investor perspective, Seabury has emerged as the leading consultant and advisor to long-term debt and equity providers focused on the transportation sector, including, among others, the Blackstone Group, Cerberus Capital Management, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Oaktree Capital and Texas Pacific Group.

Contact: Karen C. Cook
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