WLFC - Willis Lease Finance Corporation Welcomes Colm Barrington to its Board of Directors | Benzinga
COCONUT CREEK, Fla., April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ:WLFC) ("WLFC"), the leading lessor of commercial aircraft engines and global provider of aviation services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Colm Barrington to its Board of Directors ("the Board") effective April 1, 2024.
Mr. Barrington has a distinguished career spanning more than 50 years in the global aviation industry, starting in 1968 at Aer Lingus. In 1980, he joined GPA Group plc where he held various senior management positions and helped establish and develop a global market for the sale of leased aircraft as financial assets. In 1993, Mr. Barrington oversaw the acquisition of GPA Group plc by GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and was then appointed President of GECAS Ireland.
Mr. Barrington left his role at GECAS soon after to start his own aircraft lease management company, which later merged into Babcock & Brown Limited. Following the merger, he remained at Babcock & Brown and was responsible for managing and developing aircraft operating lease and management activities globally for its aircraft operating lease division known as BBAM. When Babcock & Brown Air (later renamed Fly Leasing Limited) was launched on the New York Stock Exchange in 2007, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Director until it was sold to Carlyle Aviation in 2021. Following that sale, Mr. Barrington stepped down from a full-time executive role and served as a Senior Ambassador to BBAM.
In addition to his executive roles, Mr. Barrington has served in various non-executive director roles at public companies in the aircraft leasing, airline, real estate and financial services sectors, including Non-Executive Chairman at Aer Lingus from 2008 to 2015 and Vice Chair of ...