Skytra

Management team

Our team of air travel and financial experts bring a wealth of experience in exchanges, derivatives trading, regulation, benchmarking, quantitative analysis, aviation financing and capital markets.

Elise Weber

CEO

Founder

During her 15 year career within Airbus, Elise has held various international management roles in Communications, Performance Management, Lean & Business Process Improvement, Strategy and Business Development where she has built up a breadth of experience and a vast network in the aviation industry. Elise holds two Diplomas in Communications and an executive MBA with majors in finance and marketing.

“The positive engagement over the last three years with airlines, lessors, airports, travel agents and financial markets, makes me believe that the powerful eco-system emerging around Skytra has the potential to sustainably transform the aviation industry.”

Matthew Tringham

Managing Director

Founder

Matthew has been working in the Airline industry since the 1990’s, first at an Airline before starting at Airbus in 2004 as an Aeronautical Engineer developing new Aircrafts. He then went on to work in a variety of management positions both in Europe as well as India and China. Matthew has worked in business development and strategy since 2014 where he led the development of a number of major new projects before establishing Skytra alongside Elise Weber.

“It has been a very exciting few years taking Skytra from idea to concept to business. We are now thrilled to be taking our offering to market with such a strong team.”

Jeremy Norwood

Chief Operating Officer

Jeremy is responsible for the technology and security aspects of Skytra. Over the last 12+ years Jeremy has built up extensive experience of delivering and operating a number of Trading Venues across the globe and with his industry exposure spanning both the financial services and engineering sectors he brings a unique perspective to the Skytra project. He began his career as an engineer working across the automotive, defence and aerospace industries before moving to London to join Turquoise Trading as their head of programme management. Following its acquisition by LSEG, Jeremy moved to Tradition where he played a key strategic role in the development of the IDB’s trading and technology capabilities. He is a certified PMP project manager and intuitive business change specialist, who combines a passion for leadership, people, process and technology to deliver sustainable solutions for the future.

“With the financial services sector being dominated by regulatory change in recent years, it’s exciting to be involved in a truly unique and innovative initiative that is designed to benefit the underlying industry”

Lee Brown

Chief Financial Officer

Lee joined Skytra in April 2020 and has been instrumental in establishing the financial operations and internal controls framework of a newly established company. He is a certified chartered accountant with 14 years’ experience in finance and accounting roles, including five years at Heathrow with experience in financial accounting and publishing financial performance to the debt investor community as well as managing the regulated airport charges and engagement with the airline community. He also had two years in the financial services sector with NEX Group plc through a period of acquisition by CME Group responsible for FP&A of NEX Optimisation global businesses.

“I am thrilled to be CFO for what is one of the most impressive aviation finance start-ups in the industry today. We have experienced significant growth and interest across global aviaton and I am confident in Skytra's ability to serve the aviation industry in risk transfer and unique market insights."