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Prior to his current role as senior vice president legal at BoComm Aviation Leasing Ireland, Dan Kiely worked in the financial services department of Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) joining as an associate in 2010 and promoted to partner in 2015. Throughout his time in MHC he worked exclusively on aircraft leasing and financing, gaining deep industry knowledge from completing secondments with a leading operating lessor in Shannon, and also with the national British export credit agency in London where he advised on the financing of Airbus aircraft. Kiely was listed by The Legal 500 as one of five next generation lawyers in Ireland for banking and finance in 2018 and also lectured extensively in aviation and banking law as a faculty member of the law school in the Law Society of Ireland. He was appointed as an internal examiner by the Law Society of Ireland in 2023. During his time in MHC he also obtained an MBA on scholarship from Trinity College Dublin and co-authored a number of publications on financial services and banking law in Ireland. He was appointed as senior vice president legal at BoComm Aviation Leasing Ireland in 2018 and was subsequently promoted to head of legal in 2020. Kiely was included in The Legal 500 GC Powerlist Ireland 2019 and, as head of the BoComm Aviation Leasing Ireland team listed in The Legal 500 GC Powerlist Ireland Teams 2023.

Have you had any experiences during your career as a lawyer that stand out as particularly unique or interesting?What measures has your company taken to incorporate sustainability practices into its core business operations, and how can general counsel contribute to driving such initiatives within the organisation?

BoComm is one of the founding members to commit to the Aircraft Leasing Ireland Sustainability Charter. This is the first set of ESG and climate-aligned principles for the aviation industry, which promotes collaboration and ambition across the aircraft leasing industry. The Charter is based upon aviation’s pathway to net zero in 2050 and covers the entire spectrum of ESG, including demonstration of leadership in carbon disclosures and accelerating progress in future aircraft and low carbon technologies.  By way of an example of a specific initiative, one project which we are currently actively involved in is the establishment of the first SAF (sustainable aviation fuel) research project between Trinity College and University of Limerick, which aims to develop the first domestic production of SAF in Ireland. As head of legal, I have a central role in ensuring the board is fully appraised on and engaged in supporting all ESG initiatives across our platform. As part of this, I regularly update the board and senior management on the complex and ever-changing environmental regulatory regimes, such as CSRD.