New Management at Amentum Capital Limited

Hamburg/Kiel/Dublin, November 17, 2010 - At Amentum Capital, an asset management platform in the aviation industry and hundred percent subsidiary of HSH Nordbank AG, management has changed.

As of Monday Olaf Sachau and Volker Fabian are no longer with Amentum Capital. Dr. Martin Bouzaima, formerly with HSH Nordbank’s Aviation Finance unit, and Jan Melgaard, an experienced expert from the aviation finance industry, have joined the company on Monday to strengthen the management team.

Amentum Capital was founded in 2005. With a team of 15 experts the company offers a wide spectrum of asset and investment management services in the aviation industry.

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