Charlie Jenkins originally qualified as lawyer with Berwin Leighton Paisner specialising in Asset Finance and general banking law. In 2011, Charlie joined MUFG Bank in an in-house lawyer primarily focusing on a wide range of areas including Asset Finance and Aviation. In 2015, he moved into a front office banking role with specific responsibility for the Aviation and Airports sector as the CIB industry specialist for EMEA. From 2015 through to 2020, AUM increased from an initial €700m to €10bn with MUFG winning a number of awards and taking a position as the largest global Aviation bank. Charlie left the bank in 2020 to focus on his role as Co-Founder of Aviocap and is also currently working on a number of aviation restructuring transactions.