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April 23, 2025

A Q&A with Joanna Kwong

Joanna Kwong, President – Jetcraft Asia, Jetcraft
Location: Hong Kong

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

There is no typical day for me. Every day is different, but I start with answering emails, phone calls, WeChat’s and WhatsApp. That’s how I start my day normally.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

What I enjoy most is being part of the group, being part of the team. It’s fun and challenging, I’m pretty proud of being a Jetcraft member.

Tell us how Jetcraft’s global network of offices and specialists benefit clients.

Our global Network is very important. Without the local expertise, the cultural differences often contribute to a lot of misunderstanding and mistrust. With the local expertise, we can minimize the language barrier and have faster response times. Clients can get the answers whenever they need it. They don’t have the concern about the time zone difference.

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February 19, 2025

Q&A with Mark Doev

Mark Doev, Director – Asset Management, Jetcraft Commercial
Location Dublin, IE

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

A typical day for me really depends on the amount and the type of deals that we do. More often than not it involves, doing maintenance, reserve, cash flows creating, updating tech specs, reviewing LOIs and such.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

What I enjoy most about my role is the variety, both in terms of the tasks that I perform and the aircraft types that I work with.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

What I take pride in the most in my professional journey is how eager I am to learn new things. Every year I try to do as many courses as I can. I’ve done the Aircraft Law and Finance courses. I’ve done Type Certificate for Aircraft. I have done Maintenance Records courses. So, I’m always eager and willing to learn new things.

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January 16, 2025

Q&A with Laurence Vidal

Laurence Vidal, Sales director, South America, Jetcraft
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

I go to Sao Paulo to meet with principals and other people within aviation. In Brazil, it’s a little different, we do not only deal with lawyers and directors of departments, as we have other players as well. So, I meet with them a lot to get more information about the markets.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

What I enjoy most in my role would be how dynamic the position is. It’s never the same, each day it’s a new challenge. I also like the competition that comes along with it. It’s something that I really enjoy.

Tell us how Jetcraft’s global network of offices and specialists benefit clients.

Jetcraft is very necessary for the South American market because it is an immature market compared to the U.S and Europe, where you have a lot of big players. In Brazil or South America, there are more individuals or one person brokers. To have such a good structure from Jetcraft to support us in our daily work, it makes a big difference for our customers. I think it’s a very good differential for us.

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December 17, 2024

Q&A with Raphael Haddad

Raphael Haddad, President, Jetcraft Commercial
Location: Toronto, Canada

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

I usually wake up at 5.30am and check my emails and messages, go for a run, then get back to work. During the day I have a lot of conference calls with the teams or I’m meeting with customers.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

It’s the deal. The thrill of the deal. Scoring a deal gives me extreme satisfaction and working with a good solid team.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

I’m very proud of what we have accomplished at Jetcraft Commercial. We started in 2015 and if we look back over the last few years at what we have been able to accomplish, I’m very proud of that.

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October 23, 2024

Q&A with Jaden Jonson

Jaden Jonson, Sales Manager, Americas, Jetcraft
Location: Minnesota, U.S.

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

A typical day for me at Jetcraft is split 50 percent between being in contact with my colleagues and other people within the industry. Constantly on the phone, emailing, or some form of communication. While the other half of my day is working on deals, sourcing, finding new prospects, and working out current closings.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

I would say I’m definitely most proud of the connections I’ve made and the network that I have built. The team that I have behind me really supports me in utilizing the skills that I have grown up with. So, I’d have to be the network that I’ve created.

Tell us how Jetcraft’s global network of offices and specialists benefit clients.

Jetcraft’s resources allow me to better utilize our whole company’s data. Our network and connections give our clients a very personalized touch, while still having the global aspect. It incorporates the data that we’ve collected worldwide so I can specialize it to meet my client’s very specific needs.

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September 19, 2024

Q&A with Gerald Hooper

Gerald Hooper, Sales Director, West coast U.S., Jetcraft
Location: California, U.S.

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

Typically, I’m a very early riser. I’ll get up anywhere between 6 – 6.30 am and get my coffee. Usually, my dog likes to follow me. Then the first thing I do is log on to Salesforce and check the opportunities that might have come in overnight on some of the aircraft that I’m tracking.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

Every deal is different, every problem is different, and every transaction is different. I really enjoy the complexities and the variety that goes along with working with Jetcraft.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

In my professional journey, I’m most proud of the accomplishments, and the accounts that I’ve fought for and won, and the problems that I’ve solved for my clients over the years.

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August 19, 2024

Q&A with Derek Long

Derek Long, Sales Director Mid Atlantic U.S, Jetcraft
Location: Georgia, U.S

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

A typical day for me would be reaching out to clients to give any updates surrounding acquisitions or listings that we have going on, reaching out to referral sources, as well as, reviewing the overall market to make sure we’re on top of any new changes.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

The thing that excites me about the role that I am in is twofold. One, the people that we meet on a daily basis. It’s really the movers and shakers of the world. And of course, the aircraft. Beautiful machines with amazing technology.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

The thing that I enjoy most about when I look back at my professional journey is, regardless of where you start in life, if you have hard work and determination, you can get where you want to be.

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July 26, 2024

Q&A with Chris Hollingsworth

Chris Holligsworth, Sales Director, South Central U.S., Jetcraft
Location: Texas, U.S.

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

There is no typical day. There are constant changes in what we do for our clients depending on what they ask us to find for them. What we do is source and sell aircraft for people, and as information changes on a daily basis, we are constantly looking for the most up to date data to deliver to our clients.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

The thing I most enjoy about my role at Jetcraft, is delivering on client’s expectations and exceeding them.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

I’m most proud of being part of a company that aligns with my personal goals. Since we all have the same goals and ambitions, it feels great to be a part of a group like that.

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June 27, 2024

Q&A with Samantha Parkhouse

Samantha Parkhouse, Sales Manager, Northern Europe, Jetcraft
Location: London, UK

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

No day is the same but my responsibilities include bringing in new leads and nurturing existing leads for opportunities to bring in new deals.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

What I love most about my role is being emersed in the world of aircraft. I’ve always been very passionate about flying and aviation throughout my career, so just being around the aircraft on a daily basis, talking about the aircraft, marketing the aircraft and selling the aircraft. I also love meeting new people, networking and discussing new opportunities with them.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

I think so far, I am most proud of my development and where I have come at this stage. From getting my PPL at age 21, to having done marketing for Jetcraft and now in sales for Jetcraft. Transitioning through different areas around aviation but learning as I go.

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People of the Industry

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

Tell us how Jetcraft’s global network of offices and specialists benefit clients.

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

Tell us how Jetcraft’s global network of offices and specialists benefit clients.

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

Tell us how Jetcraft’s global network of offices and specialists benefit clients.

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

Describe a typical day or week in your role.

Tell us what you enjoy most about your role.

Describe what you are most proud of in your professional journey.

Recent Articles

A Q&A with Joanna Kwong

Q&A with Mark Doev

Q&A with Laurence Vidal

Q&A with Raphael Haddad

Q&A with Jaden Jonson

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