Bio

Eric F. Kohn is the Founder and Chairman of Barons Financial Services, with more than thirty years' experience in all disciplines of corporate finance, industrial marketing, manufacturing and management in Europe and the US, as well as aerospace. He started his career with Sulzer AG in Switzerland and then continued with Lucas (Aerospace) GmbH in Munich, Germany before founding his own group of companies with plants in Germany and the USA specialising in industrial automation. At Barons, he has originated and executed a wide variety of transactions across a diverse range of sectors including healthcare, aerospace and defence, aviation support services, transport and industrials. He successfully restructured and turned around Holmes Protection Group, a US-based security company facing imminent bankruptcy. He has also served in Board-level executive capacities to lead the successful turnarounds of OmniLabs Group, a medical diagnostics provider, and dba, the former German subsidiary of British Airways. He currently sits on the board of Avcorp Industries Inc., a publicly listed Canadian aerospace manufacturer, which has a global range of contacts in aerospace, aviation and defence. He acted as financial advisor to Intro Aviation in its acquisition of the airlines CityJet Ltd and VLM Airlines N.V. from Air France-KLM, and was a Member of the Board of Directors of VLM Airlines N.V. from April 2014 to May 2016. Eric F. Kohn is a Swiss and UK citizen who is fluent in French and German and has a good understanding of several other European languages. He spent over 30 years as a reserve officer with the British Army's Airborne Forces, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He has multi-engine pilot's licence with an Instrument Rating. He is a Graduate of Glasgow University, a Liveryman of the Honourable Company of Air Pilots and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. He is a Freeman of the City of London and of the City of Glasgow and was a Trustee of Veteran's Aid, a UK charity for ex-Servicemen, for ten years.