Century Tokyo Leasing moves into US aviation market

The US arm of Japanese leasing specialist Century Tokyo Leasing USA (CTUSA) has announced a move into the aviation leasing market, with the opening of its new aircraft finance unit in Centennial, Colorado.

From this office, CTUSA will develop its commercial aircraft finance platform for the US marketplace, following in the footsteps of its parent company Century Tokyo Leasing (CTL) which has a reputation as a key player in Asian and other foreign aviation finance markets.

Keijiro (Kei) Yokoyama has been appointed deputy general manager of the Colorado office, while Keita Sekiguchi takes on the role of manager of the Century Tokyo Aviation Finance Division. The two have many years’ experience in developing, underwriting and structuring aviation-finance transactions around the globe.

“I could not be more pleased with this opportunity to enter the US aviation market,” said Tiger Ogawa, president of CTUSA. “Our parent company has developed a solid reputation as a provider of financial solutions to the most sophisticated of global aviation businesses. CTUSA’s move into this arena with an experienced team of executives has created a great deal of excitement in our organization, in New York, Ireland and in Tokyo”.

Established in 1985, CTUSA finances and leases various types of equipment for commercial, industrial and corporate customers including IT systems, construction and industrial machinery, machine tools, healthcare equipment, office products, and commercial vehicles.

Headquartered in Tokyo, CTL Japan is a publicly-traded company that offers a full range of financing and leasing services for, among others, the IT, automobile-leasing, real estate, shipping, healthcare, environmental energy, and aircraft markets.