James Paterson becomes new Head of Origination Aviation EMEA at HSH Nordbank

Hamburg/Kiel, July 6, 2009 - James Paterson has been promoted within HSH Nordbank to Head of Origination Aviation Europe, Middle East, Africa and India (EMEA).

He will thus be in charge of HSH Nordbank’s aviation business in the EMEA region and will report directly to the Head of Global Aviation, Angela Behrend-Görnemann. Paterson, who joined HSH Nordbank in 2007, was previously Deputy Head of Origination Aviation EMEA and Head of Structuring and Analysis Aviation EMEA. Before joining HSH Nordbank, he worked for Commerzbank, Dresdner Bank, HypoVereinsbank and NatWest.

Paterson succeeds Volker Fabian who is appointed as managing director at Amentum Capital Limited. Amentum Capital Ltd. was established in 2005 as a joint venture between HSH Nordbank and Deutsche Anlagen Leasing (DAL).

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