Jared Keating
Jared Keating
Speaker
Partner

Kite LLC

United Kingdom

Jared Keating has 17 years’ investing experience across transportation, industrial equipment and financial services

  • Prior to Kite, Jared helped found the Private Investments and Real Assets businesses at Napier Park Global Capital, raising approximately $2 billion of equity AUM across 8 private equity funds
  • At Napier Park, he built and managed a $7 billion investment portfolio comprised of transportation and industrial equipment assets, including aviation, renewable energy generation and storage, railcar leasing and manufacturing
  • Jared has an established track record effectively sourcing, underwriting and structuring investments across the transportation, logistics and energy sectors
  • Prior to Napier Park, Jared was focused on industrial, transportation, financial services and energy sectors at Eurazeo, Camulos Capital and Lazard Frères & Co. in London, Paris and New York
  • Jared graduated with an A.B. from Princeton University and earned a Masters in International Affairs, cum laude, from l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris

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Investing in Aviation in 2026: Finding Risk-Adjusted Returns

Jared Keating
Partner,
Kite LLC
Emily Wilson
Managing Director,
AB CarVal
Dr Niall O'Connor
Fund Manager,
RM Funds
Vicente Alava-Pons
Managing Director,
GOAL Aircraft Leasing
  • How are partnerships between lessors and funds changing the deal landscape? 
  • How are investors balancing liquidity vs yield when deals are shorter and more bespoke? 
  • With lease rate factors where they are, how are equity generating risk-adjusted returns?
  • What opportunities remain for smaller and midsize players as larger funds dominate the space?
  • What does aviation need to prove to attract more institutional and private capital?