ABOUT US
The Cingo Global Team
Cingo Global was founded by aviation entrepreneur Will Ashcroft. Cingo Global offers expertise across integrated aerospace sectors consisting of Flying Operations, Airframe Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (“MRO”) operations, FBO and Air Cargo.
Will Ashcroft - CEO & Founding Partner
Will started his aviation career as a commercial helicopter pilot in 1997. He went on to manage and fly aircraft in the VIP, air medical, business aviation, film and heavy lift sectors; in 2007 he pioneered the shared private jet space when he launched Jumpjet. Prior to starting Cingo Global, Will co-founded iAero Group with Robert Caputo. The two partnered with Blackstone to form the iAero group, which operated Boeing 737 and 767 aircraft, MRO facilities and engine overhaul in the United States & abroad. He's has been featured on Bloomberg TV, Time Magazine, WSJ, NYT, CNBC, Leaders Magazine and most recently CNN's international travel show featuring the Deep Flight submarine. He was a senior advisor to Ace Aeronautics and Analar . He is the chairman of Charlie's Lego Factory-a charity founded to give Lego to children in poverty. The charity was founded by his then eight year old son Charlie and recently donated its 400,000 piece of Lego. Will is an Advisor to Elan Wave, a Netherlands based tech firm focused on Data Loss Management and Cem Core Cement.
Stuart Cheek - Senior Partner
Stuart has over 35 years' experience of Finance, Sales and Marketing in regulated securities trading, London Stock Exchange, & International Financial Futures Exchange. He was one of the original partners at Cantor Fitzgerald before spending over 12 years at UBS and then Santander as Managing Director and Head of UK Institutional Sales. Stuart was subsequently a partner, Managing Director and Head of UK Government Bonds at BGC Partners. Stuart volunteers with hospitals on a regular basis and is a passionate football fan.
Brett Ross - Administration
Brett Ross is a 25 year Motorsports Industry veteran and most recently was head of logistics at the Championship Porsche racing team XO. He has worked with a variety of teams, drivers, and sanctioning bodies including CART, IndyCar, Grand Am, IMSA, and the SCCA. Bretts' extensive motorsports experience also include a stint as the COO of the only US based Formula 1 arrive and drive program, FormulaWon. Through contacts in the F1 program, Brett was recruited by Renault Sport Technologies to head the US based Formula Renault racing series as well as the first introduction of the Renault V6 race car at the Homestead Miami Speedway in Florida.
Brett was also instrumental in setting US customer relations for Lexus Motorcars in the USA. Brett has extensive aviation experience including the sale of charters for Universal jet which included BBJ, GV and Global Express aircraft.
Advisors
Robert Caputo
Rob was a Co-Founder of the iAero Group and Group CEO. Rob was instrumental in designing the business expansion which today enables those assets to perform more than one billion in annual sales globally with a profitability in excess of $100M annually. Rob is involved in various technology firms and has advised the family aviation business Tapis, providing interior materials to the global private jet manufacturing sector for more than twenty years. He is a former professional athlete.
Jessica Sutin
Jessica has been an attorney for more than twenty five years and is currently an attorney for the United Health Group, where she has been for more than fourteen years with specialties in data protection, HIPPA and now heavily focuses her time on the implementation of AI at UHC. She is a former Assistant Attorney General and Assistant Cabinet Secretary for Health and Senior Health Policy Advisor during the Richardson administration in the US State of New Mexico.
Michael McGuinness
Michael J. McGuinness brings more than 25 years of experience leading and managing transformative cross-border M&A transactions, including across Europe and Latin America. He is a senior legal advisor to a number of boards of directors, with demonstrated governance and business counseling skills and a recognized expertise in Latin American M&A. Michael recently served as an independent director of the board and member of the audit committee of LatAmGrowth SPAC (Nasdaq: LATG), a publicly traded blank check company targeting high-growth businesses operating in Latin America. He also recently earned recognition from the National Association of Corporate Directors as NACD Directorship Certified®, the nation’s premier certification for board directors.
Tom Calgaard
Tom recently joined Cingo from AltitudeX, where he was the senior consultant on the development of the Colorado Air and Space Port. Previously, he was Senior VP Strategy & Business Development at Bye Aerospace where he was responsible for the strategy, $30M capital raise, backlog of $600M in pre-sales, Federal policy shaping and OEM relationships. Prior to this Tom was at Lockheed Martin for thirteen years where he provided in-depth analysis, project leadership, and execution support to the Advanced Technology Center’s commercialization activities. Tom has a Secret Clearance and business and engineering degrees from the Iowa State, University of Southern California and University of Colorado.
Raymond Mckeeve
Raymond joined Cingo at its inception. Raymond McKeeve was a partner at Dial partners LLP. He is recognized as a leading figure in private equity and one of the best-known corporate lawyers in the city of London, having developed his career at leading private equity law firms, including at Jones Day, Linklaters, and Dickson Minto. Raymond has extensive experience advising major private equity houses, sovereign wealth funds, and their investee companies as well as leading alternative credit providers and lenders across all areas of corporate practice, including acquisitions, disposals, financings and restructurings. He is a specialist in Defence and security and sat on the MOD Defence reform unit.
James Reeve
James is the founder and CEO of Newport Power, located in Costa Mesa CA. Newport Power is considered a must contact commercial solar installer across the Western USA. James started his career as a sales executive at Fuji where he was the leading national sales executive for North America. He was a Series seven qualified trader before starting Newport. Today, Newport is recognized at the number five commercial Solar installer the state of California with clients that include Target, Costco, UC Schools, City of Santa Monica and the Beverly Hills Hotel to name a few. James brings a wealth of construction and engineering experience to Cingo's infrastructure at airports projects.
Joe Spielmann
Joe joins Cingo as a Senior aviation advisor with a 30 year career in aviation. Spielmann has held senior leadership roles across the aviation industry, directing complex technical operations, regulated flight and maintenance organizations, and multimillion-dollar aviation asset portfolios. He currently serves as Senior Director of Business Development and Sales at IAG Aero Group, leading strategic growth initiatives in the jet engine repair sector. Previously, he held executive
leadership positions with Silver Airways, General Electric Corporate Aviation, GE LEAP/CFM engine programs, and DHL Airways, overseeing FAA Part 119 operations, fleet maintenance programs, safety systems, and regulatory compliance. Over the course of his career, he has worked extensively with airlines, OEMs, MRO providers, and aircraft leasing firms and has helped establish four FAA Part 121 airlines, two Part 135 charter operations, and two Part 145 maintenance organizations. His career has been defined by aligning technical aviation operations with asset value, regulatory
discipline, and long-term investment strategy.
Jerry Willoughby
Jerry's career spans flying roles over a distinguished thirty years. He has been involved in operations management for both the US Air Force, Delta Airlines and civil aviation platforms. With oversight and management of aircraft with values of more than ten billion dollars and more than 5,500 personnel under him Jerry's leadership has been recognized time and time again throughout his career. He is a 27,500 hour commercial rated pilot with flight time in the likes of the C5A Galaxy, Boeing 747, C 141, B757-767 to name just a few. He retired from the Air Force where he was selected to be a Brigadier General reflecting a career of example setting leadership. He has been involved in the Operations and Planning/Management of more than 1,400 aircraft worldwide. After the Air Force at Delta Airlines, Jerry assumed his role as a Captain/Check Airman flying hundreds of thousands of miles in complex passenger aircraft across the globe. Post his flying career Jerry has built and launched complex 121 passenger and cargo airlines covering noth international and domestic operations. He has worked with both the FAA and CAA regulatory bodies involving aircraft such as the Boeing 747.
