Founding team

Founder-controlled, aviation-led.

NAKAJET is structured as a founder-controlled company. The information below reflects only what is supported by the Business Plan.

Founder & CEO

Yusef Rayward

  • — 7,000+ flight hours.
  • — 20+ years in the airline industry.
  • — EU national, satisfying the EU ownership and control requirement under Regulation (EC) 1008/2008 Art. 4(f).
  • — Personally owns NAKAJET AVIATION LTD, the ACMI vehicle held entirely outside the NAKAJET cap table, providing structural AOC independence.
  • — Holds founder control within the dual-class governance structure described in the Business Plan, and has committed personal co-investment to the pre-seed round.
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Legal Advisor

Tetiana Kolt

  • — Head of Legal Advisor within the NAKAJET founding team.
  • — Recipient of an initial allocation from the founding team pool, vesting over three years and conditional on agreed performance objectives.
  • — Engaged on a part-time, interim basis during the pre-seed phase under the allocation of proceeds set out in the Business Plan.
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Additional roles referenced in the Business Plan, including CFO, are planned hires and are not currently filled.