Hong Kong Aviation Capital Appoints Mr. Alan Jenkins - Senior Consultant, Capital Markets and Finance

Hong Kong and Sydney, October 4, 2011 – Hong Kong Aviation Capital ("HKAC"), a leading global aircraft lessor, announced today it has appointed Mr. Alan Jenkins as its new Senior Consultant, Capital Markets and Finance.

Mr. Jenkins will be based in Sydney and comes to HKAC through his role as a Principal at Equavia Limited, a firm which provides advisory services within the aviation sector.  He began his appointment with HKAC on October 1, 2011.

Mr. Jenkins has extensive aviation experience of over 14 years, specializing in aircraft leasing and finance. Alan was the CFO of Genesis Lease Limited, a global commercial aircraft leasing company listed on the New York Stock Exchange following a successful IPO and securitization in late 2006, raising proceeds of $1.6 billion. Following the launch, Alan turned to growing and developing Genesis from a start-up operation, building out the infrastructure, raising bank financings of $1.3 billion to support growth and executing the strategy through the unprecedented conditions of 2008 and 2009 including the execution of an all-stock merger with AerCap in 2010, a transaction which created the largest global independent aircraft leasing business with a combined balance sheet of $8 billion.

"We are extremely pleased to have someone of Alan’s calibre and experience working with HKAC. Alan will be a tremendous asset to support the growth of our business, the evolution of our operations and the continued structuring and sourcing of capital as HKAC steps up our development and continued international expansion," said Mr. Donal Boylan, CEO, Hong Kong Aviation Capital.

Prior to joining Genesis, Mr. Jenkins worked with AWAS for 6 years in Sydney and headed up the Commercial department which was responsible for the structuring and risk evaluation of all transactions and the portfolio, advising the Investment Committee on all lease and trading decisions and working through the restructuring of customer contracts and bankruptcy proceedings in the post 9/11 environment. Prior to AWAS, Mr. Jenkins started his career with KPMG in Dublin, Ireland and managed many aircraft leasing clients including the GPA Group and the Airbus operations in Dublin.