Dómhnal Slattery “Appointed New Vertical Aerospace Chairman”
Vertical Aerospace (VA) has announced this week the appointment of Dómhnal Slattery as the company’s new Chairman, reports a press release. He brings over three decades of aviation finance expertise.
Slattery rejoins the VA Board after previously serving as its Chairman from January 2022 to August 2023, leading on the building of its pre-order book and transition to a public company.
He is one of the world’s top aircraft leasing pioneers having founded and led Avolon and SMBC Aviation which ranked as two of the top three in the world. He is currently the Chairman of Clahane Capital, his private investment platform.
Vertical will benefit from Slattery’s extensive leadership and understanding of the global aviation sector and the businesses he has founded and built, having collectively raised and deployed over USD75 billion in capital.
Stuart Simpson, CEO at Vertical Aerospace, commented, “Dómhnal’s remarkable track record of founding and scaling world-class companies positions him perfectly to guide Vertical’s journey forward. His visionary leadership and deep expertise will be invaluable as we accelerate towards achieving our Flightpath 2030 goal of becoming a global leader in the eVTOL sector.”
Slattery is widely recognised for his contributions to the aviation industry, earning accolades such as being the recipient of the 2023 International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Award and in 2016 being honoured with the ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Aviation Industry’ at the Aviation Industry Awards.

Slattery remarked,“I am honoured to re-join this visionary business at such a pivotal time for the sector and look forward to contributing to Vertical’s mission to pioneer electric aviation.”
The appointment follows important developments for the business, with VA recently securing investment from Mudrick Capital and last week becoming only the second company in the world to achieve piloted thrust-borne flight with a full-scale vectored thrust eVTOL aircraft.
Stephen Welch, the previous Chairman, will continue to serve on the Company’s Board as a non-executive director.
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(Top image: Dómhnal Slattery)
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