DUNCAN AVIATION: LEAH ALEXANDER’S EBACE FIRST

Leah Alexander, from Duncan Aviation’s Aircraft Sales and Acquisitions team, was the first IADA-certified aircraft sales broker in the EMEA region to speak at EBACE.

Alexander’s talk on the topic of ‘Critical Issues for the Aircraft Sales Industry’ took place at the Palexpo Conference Stage on the Tuesday of the exhibition. “Transactional transparency is one of the key challenges that the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) has identified as a critical issue facing the aircraft sales industry today,” said Alexander. Given what is otherwise a highly regulated industry, some aircraft owners may be unaware that there is no specific oversight for the role of an aircraft broker – despite the complexity and sensitive nature of the transaction. IADA has been working to raise the bar for aircraft broker knowledge, service, and transparency for years, with the intention to create a truly global standard for our role. I was incredibly proud to have passed the exam and subsequently to have become the first IADA-Certified Aircraft Broker on this side of the Atlantic. Beyond passing the exam, we also commit to ongoing education and to a code of ethics concerning how we represent our services, our clients, and the aircraft for sale.”

To date, Alexander is still the only IADA-Certified broker in the United Kingdom, with fewer than 175 IADA-Certified Aircraft Sales worldwide.