Our Team
The People Behind the Panel
Samera Sky is a small, specialist team, and that’s entirely by design. Born out of a father and son’s shared love for flying and travel, our firm was built to bring a new level of technical expertise to the aviation community. We believe the best financial advice comes from people who are deeply knowledgeable, personally invested, and genuinely accountable to the clients they serve.
Arun Mehra FCA
Founder & Director
Arun started his career at PwC in 1995, before moving into investment banking as an equity analyst at Bank of America. In 2002, he left the City to found Samera – initially from his father’s dining table in South West London – building it into one of the UK’s most respected specialist finance and accountancy groups.
A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA), Arun brings over 25 years of commercial finance experience to Samera Sky. He has raised finance for hundreds of businesses, structured complex acquisition deals, and navigated the regulatory landscape of FCA-regulated credit broking across multiple sectors.
Arun is also a passionate advocate for the UK General Aviation community. His ambition for Samera Sky is simple: to give every pilot access to the same quality of financing advice that, until now, has only been available to large corporate operators.
Outside of work, Arun is an adventure traveller, and he holds the aspiration of visiting every country in the world in his campervan, though he admits retirement may need to happen first.
Parus Mehra
Aviation Consultant
Parus combines operational precision with a deep-seated fascination for how things fly. Currently studying towards an aerospace engineering degree while simultaneously working towards his Private Pilot License (PPL), he brings a technical perspective to the Samera Sky team. For Parus, an aircraft isn’t just a financial asset; it’s a feat of engineering that requires a specialised level of understanding.
At Samera Sky, Parus is the ‘go to guy’ for our clients. He manages the firm’s lender relationships and oversees the compliance framework, ensuring that every application, from the first enquiry to the final drawdown, is handled with the rigor and detail that aviation demands, ensuring everything He bridges the gap between the technicalities of the aircraft and the complexities of the credit market.
Mirroring the Samera Sky mission of accessibility, Parus is driven by the belief that navigating the financial landscape should be as structured and reliable as a pre-flight checklist. He is dedicated to ensuring that every client, regardless of the size of their aircraft, receives the same high standard of technical and commercial diligence. He is also keen to be a driver of sustainable aviation over the next 20 years, hoping to blend the new green technologies of aviation into his work with Samera Sky.
Away from the computer (and the hangar), Parus is a keen performer and dancer, balancing his academic rigors with a love for Musical Theatre. His love for planes was born out of his love for travel, and one day he hopes to travel the world in a little Cessna.
Our Values
We are FCA-regulated, NACFB-member, ICAEW-affiliated, and proud of every one of those associations. They reflect a commitment to doing things properly -transparently, ethically, and always in the client’s best interest.
We don’t earn more by placing you with a particular lender. We earn trust by finding you the right deal.