Eleanor Rodrigues-Smith joined Azorra in June 2023 and serves as our Senior Vice President – Commercial Transactions.
Prior to joining Azorra, Eleanor served as Vice President, Commercial at Nordic Aviation Capital, with primary responsibility of leading negotiations and project management of leasing, financing, sales and purchase transactions as well as managing the day-to-day commercial operations.
Eleanor began her career at Bombardier Inc. as part of the Marketing team involved in the launch of the CRJ aircraft. During her 25 years at Bombardier, Eleanor held various management positions in Contracts, Customer Support and Asset Management working with airlines, MROs, banks, and lessors. Her responsibilities included developing and structuring transactions, negotiations, account/portfolio management and customer relationship management. She participated in numerous business development projects including the DHC-8-400 firefighter, CRJ and EMB 120 freighter conversion programs and A220 sales to lessors.
Eleanor holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from York University in Toronto, Canada.
Senior Vice President -
Commercial Transactions
Eleanor Rodrigues-Smith
Ashley joined Azorra in August 2026 and serves as our Assistant Vice President – Commercial Transactions.
Ashley brings eight years of aircraft leasing experience spanning Singapore and Dublin, with deep commercial and transactional expertise across the deal lifecycle.
Prior to joining Azorra, Ashley served as Assistant Vice President, Airline Leasing & Sales at BOC Aviation, where she was responsible for originating, structuring, negotiating, and executing aircraft leasing transactions with airlines across Europe and Africa. Earlier in her career, Ashley held roles across pricing, OEM procurement, and transaction management. Her aviation career began with GECAS where she supported market research initiatives focused on P2F conversion opportunities.
Ashley holds a Master of Science in Aviation Finance from University College Dublin Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and a Bachelor of Economics from Harbin Institute of Technology.
Assistant Vice President – Commercial Transactions
Ashley Xu
