Paul Taaffe

Background

About Paul Taaffe

Senior Associate with Alton Aviation Consultancy. Trading & Pricing Assistant Vice President / Senior Associate with SkyWorks Leasing (Ireland) Limited from 2021 - 2024, focused on developing & maintaining professional relationships for trading & commercial opportunities with lessors, airlines & financial institutions. Primarily focused on trading activity whilst providing support on transaction execution and pricing analysis for current portfolio management & acquisition opportunities. Previously an Executive within EY Dublin's Strategy & Transactions (SaT) department specialising in Valuation, Modelling & Economics (VME) with a specific focus on the aviation industry. Qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA). Completed training contact with EY FSO Assurance - Capital Markets (Aviation Finance). Started January 2016 working with EY's UK & I department primarily on a FTSE 100 Company based in construction, alongside various clients across the ICT sector including notable leaders in the technological sector. September 2016 moved to FSO audit, be based in Banking & Capital Markets with primary focus on leading global aviation leasing clients. Senior Coach with AIL 1B & Metro Premier 1 squads. Chair of Junior Rugby & ex-Junior Head-Coach at Old Belvedere RFC, leading their three squads with the responsibility of the co-ordination, management and successfully development 60+ players on a weekly basis. Previous coaching experience includes UCD RFC. Previously have worked in Public Relations from both an in-house and consultancy perspective gaining experience on leading public sector infrastructure projects. Personal professional interests lie in Economic History world, in particular the U.S. economy from 1928 - 1992.