Konrad Walter
Managing Partner
Walter brings over 40+ years of experience in the aviation industry, starting his career with Eastern Airlines as an A&P. He then moved to Greenwich Air Service and GE Engine Service and held various senior management positions. While at Patriot Aviation, he was the Founding Partner and President in 1998. Then moved on to create Complete Turbine Service in 2002 which he sold in 2010. He later invested in Aeronautical Support International (ASI), which is an aircraft engine parts distribution and management company which is a portfolio company of Cloud Investment Partners. Walter then launched Turbine Management Solutions LLC (TMS) and is President and Managing Partner of TMS, a full-service aircraft and engine solutions provider, currently managing over 120 engines for a major aircraft and engine lessor, a major freighter operator, and other airlines and aircraft owners. TMS is also a portfolio company of Cloud Investment Partners.
Bobby Fessler
Partner
A 50+ year Aviation industry veteran, Fessler founded the AGES Group – and was former Chairman, that was later sold to Volvo Aero. He later went on the acquire Walter S.A. with Declan Treacy, which was a Czech-based aircraft engine manufacturer, which restructured and sold to GE. Following, he then co-founded Magellan Aviation and is an ongoing minority shareholder, following sale of the company to Marubeni Group. Most recently founded Cloud Investment Partners as a commercial aviation investment vehicle with Declan Treacy and Peter Zutty. Fessler remains an active investor in all Cloud investments.
Jack Campbell
Managing Partner
Campbell is a 25+ year career veteran in transportation and infrastructure asset finance, arranging and structuring over $10 billion of financings in the aviation, rail, marine and other asset-intensive markets. In his early career with CIS Corporation he headed several of CIS’s equipment leasing businesses with a focus on transportation assets, ultimately serving as Executive Vice President. He went on to join Credit Suisse where he was a member of the Transportation, Logistics & Supply Chain Finance investment banking team in New York, focused on large structured supply chain finance programs with transportation and automotive clients. Following Credit Suisse, he completed over $5 billion of aviation financings while leading the transportation finance teams at: DeutschePost, HSH Nordbank , HypoRealEstate Group and Old Hill Partners. Campbell joined Cloud Advisors LLLP in 2016 which is the advisory and co-investment side of the business, to expand the firm’s asset management and consulting platforms.
John Costello
Managing Partner
With 40+ years of experience in the aviation industry, Costello started out with Aer Lingus as an engineering apprentice. He holds A&P licenses and rated on the JT3D, JT8D, JT9D, and RR SPEY. In addition, he was an engine shop foreman in powerplant and test Manager for engine test/accessories. In his later career, he moved to the AGES Group where he served as the Senior Vice President of Sales/Marketing which was later sold to Volvo Aero (VAS Aero). He joined Cloud Investment Partners as a Partner in 2011.