Aergo Capital Announces New CEO
14 April 2026 – Dublin, Ireland:
Aergo Capital Ltd. (“Aergo”), a leading global aircraft lessor and servicer, today announced that Paul Sheridan has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Paul will assume the role on 2nd June 2026.
Paul is an accomplished industry leader with over 25 years of aviation and finance experience in leasing, asset management, banking, consultancy and airlines across Dublin, London and Hong Kong. Throughout his career, Paul has worked in a variety of areas, beginning with Aer Lingus before moving into banking and leasing where he worked on debt syndication, aircraft trading, structured finance and wider advisory support. Most recently, he led PwC Ireland’s aviation finance advisory practice and prior to that served as CEO and director of AMCK Aviation.
In his new role, Paul will be based in Dublin at Aergo’s global headquarters. He succeeds Eugene O’Reilly who has served in the role in an acting capacity since January 2026.
“We are delighted to appoint Paul as Chief Executive Officer to lead Aergo Capital into its next phase as a world-class aircraft lessor and servicer,” said Greg Belonogoff, Principal, Aviation Leasing, AB CarVal. “Paul’s deep expertise in aviation finance and his proven leadership across multiple jurisdictions positions him exceptionally well to complement the existing leadership team in driving Aergo’s continued growth and success.”
Aergo is owned by funds managed by AB CarVal.
Paul Sheridan commented, “I am honoured to lead Aergo Capital at such an exciting time for the business. The company has long been recognised as a premier global aviation leasing platform, and I look forward to working with the rest of the leadership team to continue creating lasting value for our customers and investors.”
For more information, please contact:
Paul Bradley, FleishmanHillard – Paul.bradley@omc.com +353 851744281
About Aergo Capital
Aergo Capital is an aircraft lessor, servicer and asset management company founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1999. Over the last 26 years, Aergo has established itself as a leading global platform with over $5bn worth of aircraft owned & managed, operating in over 40 countries around the world. Aergo is one of the top four aircraft asset managers globally with over 300 years of collective experience in Aergo’s senior management team.
About AB CarVal
AB CarVal is an established global alternative investment manager and part of AllianceBernstein’s Private Alternatives business. Since 1987, AB CarVal’s team has navigated through ever-changing credit market cycles, investing $160 billion in 5,885 transactions across 82 countries. Today, AB CarVal has approximately $21 billion* in assets under management. Additional information about AB CarVal may be found at www.abcarval.com.
*AUM is comprised of fee-earning AUM and fee-eligible AUM. Fee-earning AUM includes those assets currently qualified to generate management fees. Fee-eligible AUM includes capital that is committed to an AB CarVal Fund but is currently uncalled or recallable. The number represented here excludes assets under AB CarVal’s management that are not generating management fees due to the maturity of the Fund but includes amounts that do not generate management fees solely due to AB CarVal’s decision not to charge management fees.
