John E. Luth

Chairman & CEO

John Luth is Chairman, President & CEO of Seabury Capital Group LLC, founded in 1995, which focuses principally on aviation, aerospace & defense, travel and trade finance via its investment banking, asset management and software businesses. Seabury has executed over 5,000 engagements for 500+ clients in more than 75 countries. Mr. Luth is also CEO of Seabury Capital LLC which owns a number of trade finance and asset-back portfolios with over $1.2B of managed assets as well as Seabury Capital Management LLC (“SCM”) which is an SEC-regulated Registered Investment Advisor. SCM is in the process of establishing a series of funds for deployment of capital in the aviation, aerospace & defense, travel and technology sectors.

Mr. Luth has led a majority of Seabury’s engagements involving $350B equity, debt and lease placements/restructurings and $450B in aircraft orders (all amounts in 2025 dollars). Mr. Luth currently leads Seabury’s engagement as investment banker and restructuring advisors for GOL Airlines, raising $1.0B of DIP loan financing for GOL and working to secure ~$2.0B of exit financing. He most recently advised Scandinavian Airlines in its Chapter 11 case, raising $500M of DIP financing and $1.2B of exit equity and convertible debt financing commitments (2024). He advised Azul Airlines on its out-of-court restructuring including $4.5B lease restructuring, $865M of public bond exchange, $350M of convertible bond exchange and $800M of new debt financing (2023). In 2020-2021, he advised Avianca Holdings SA as restructuring advisor and lead investment bank on its $2.0B DIP financing and $2.7B of equity and debt exit financing in its Chapter 11 proceeding.

Mr. Luth was CFO & CIO of Continental Airlines. Prior to Continental, he served as VP, Syndications at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company. Prior to that, he served in the Corporate Finance Division of Exxon Corporation. Mr. Luth holds A.B. in Economics magna cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a FINRA Registered Principal, and is Series 7, 63, 79 and 24 qualified, and is also FCA (UK) licensed. He serves on the Advisory Board of Holy Cross and was a Trustee from 2005-2013.