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Commercial, Marketing, Trading & Pricing

GKR advises aircraft leasing platforms globally on the appointment of senior commercial leadership and specialist professionals responsible for origination, airline relationship management, asset trading, and pricing strategy.

We have a proven record of delivering C-suite commercial appointments, including Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Marketing Officer mandates, as well as building and strengthening commercial teams across marketing, portfolio management, trading, and pricing functions. Our work spans both retained executive search and contingent recruitment, supporting organisations at different stages of scale, market exposure, and portfolio complexity.

Our consultants understand how commercial functions operate in practice within leasing businesses and how incentive structures, portfolio dynamics, funding considerations, and market cycles influence performance and hiring decisions. This enables us to assess candidates on execution capability, judgement, and commercial instinct, rather than relying on deal lists or headline transaction volume.

Given the relationship-driven and highly competitive nature of commercial leadership within aircraft leasing, discretion, precision, and targeted search execution are central to our approach. Boards and investors rely on GKR to appoint commercial professionals who can drive growth while maintaining pricing discipline and protecting long-term shareholder value.

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