May 19, 2026
OHI announces Group Chief Financial Officer transition for its next phase of growth
Lisbon, May 19, 2026 – Omni Helicopters International Group (“OHI” or the “Group”), Latin America’s largest provider of vertical air mobility and delivery services, today announces the departure of Ivan Coyard, the Group’s Chief Financial Officer.
Ivan has served as CFO for the past five years, supporting OHI through a period of fourfold revenue growth and financial development. During his tenure, he successfully organized the finance department across the Group’s key jurisdictions, supported the launch of OHI’s Guyana operations, led several capital raising initiatives, and contributed instrumentally to the Group’s IPO preparations to date.
Ivan is succeeded by Alex Malfitani, an internationally acknowledged leader of Finance and Investor Relations functions in the mainstream aviation space.
Alex joins from Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, where he was a co-founder and most recently Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer. During his tenure at Azul, Alex played a leading role in the company’s evolution through its early-stage disruption of Brazil’s commercial aviation sector, fast-paced growth and business model consolidation, successful equity and debt placements, and more recently its balance sheet restructuring.
Alex brings over two decades of experience across business transformation, international capital markets access, and elevated financial and risk management practices meeting US public market requirements. This breadth of experience is considered critical as OHI continues to strengthen its financial and operating platforms in support of industry-leading growth.
Alex will focus on enhancing and evolving OHI’s financial leadership and risk management capabilities across the Group, as we strengthen our engagement with the US and international capital markets. He effectively succeeded Ivan Coyard on May 18, 2026. Ivan will continue to support the business throughout a transition period that ensures continuity and development.
Jeremy Akel, CEO of OHI, said:
“We want to ensure continuity and build capabilities that accelerate our growth strategy in our targeted markets. Alex brings the experience required for this next phase, particularly across international capital markets, risk and performance management, public company governance, and scaling complex aviation businesses. Ivan has played an important role in building the foundations we have today, and we sincerely thank him for his contribution”.
Alex Malfitani said:
“OHI has built a distinctive, high-quality platform in the global rotorcraft aviation sector, with clear development momentum and unique long-range prospects, not only in the offshore and emergency medical services markets, but also in the growing segments of advanced air mobility, unmanned aerial vehicles and EVTOLs. I am excited to join OHI at such a pivotal moment and help further accelerate the financial and strategic success of the Group as it continues to scale”.