Blueberry Aviation has announced the addition of Yann Ballet to its team as Senior Advisor. Ballet has accumulated over 30 years of financing experience in aircraft and structured finance. He was previously VP Structured Finance at Airbus, which he joined in 1987 and where he held various senior positions in France, the USA, Ireland and UAE. His experience covers a wide range of aircraft financing structures ( mortgage debt, leasing, capital markets, Islamic financing, investment funds) and corporate financing.
In recent years Ballet was responsible for designing and implementing a private non-payment insurance programme for Airbus Aircraft (Balthazar) that has supported the financing of 23 aircraft over the past three years. He was also involved in advising commercial teams for several airlines on restructuring schemes rolled out during the COVID-19 crisis.