ISTAT Podcast

Darren Hulst, vice president of commercial marketing at Boeing, and ISTAT Rising Executives Americas Chair Goutham Ramdas dig into Hulst’s career path. 

ISTAT Latin America Forum Committee Chair Priscilla Branco and Vice Chair Catalina Mejia look back at the record-breaking ISTAT Latin America Forum in 2025. 

Peter Negline, ISTAT Board member and CEO and founder of Macrolytics Pty Ltd., sits down with ISTAT President Mary Prettyman to discuss her career in the aviation industry.

Rosemarie O’Leary, head of counterparty risk at Avolon, sits down with Niamh Staunton, senior vice president of treasury at BP, and Vanessa Hudson, group chief financial officer at Qantas, to discuss the sustainability agenda.

Tune in to hear stories from the family, colleagues and business partners of George Batchelor, the first recepient of the ISTAT Award.

Listen in as John Willingham, former CEO of Macquarie AirFinance, shares his perspective of the current market, including where we’re headed with regard to diversity and inclusion, climate change and other key areas of the business. 

Listen in as Mylene Scholnick, principal at Amazon Air, and Bryson Monteleone, senior advisor of aviation finance advisory services at PwC Ireland, discuss the progress society has made over the past year.

Kersti Krepp, vice president of sales and marketing for Asia Pacific at Polar Air Cargo, shares her wealth of knowledge about the airfreight market and tells us why, as a family who lives “a three continent life,” she has made Hong Kong her home base for the past 27 years. 

Gain a better understanding of ISTAT’s D&I vision and listen as Marilyn Gan, managing director and head of origination for Asia Pacific aviation at MUFG Bank, and Mylene Scholnick, principal at Amazon Air, reflect on the comments made by other ISTAT Podcast guests regarding their views of this topic within the industry.