In July 2024, the new Chair and Vice Chair of Aircraft Leasing Ireland were announced. Karl Griffin Chair was formally appointed as Chair, replacing Marie-Louise Kelly who served as Chair of ALI over the past two years. Karl Griffin will serve as Chair until July 2026.
Jennifer Creevey was appointed as ALI’s Vice Chair.
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Group Chief Executive Officer, Genesis
Appointed Group Chief Executive Officer in 2019, Karl joined Genesis in 2018 with 30 years aviation industry experience, as Chief Commercial & Investment Officer.
Prior to joining Genesis, Karl was the Chief Operating Officer at AWAS, where he spent 11 years building AWAS into a $15bn global aircraft leasing business.
Karl started his aviation career in 1990 as an apprentice in the Maintenance Repair & Overhaul sector with a GPA Joint Venture company, Shannon Aerospace. In 1998, Karl became a founding member of low-cost airline Virgin Express with a fleet of 25 aircraft serving major European cities. In 2002 Karl joined the newly formed RBS Aviation Capital, where he held various technical, pricing and marketing roles and led RBS Aviation Capitals engine leasing and finance business.
Karl received a first-class honours MBA from the University of Limerick, a Dip. Mechanical Engineering from Galway Institute of Technology and an ICAO & EASA aircraft maintenance engineers licence.
EVP & CFO, NAC
Jennifer Creevey has over 25 years of experience in financial roles in the aircraft leasing, telecom, banking and healthcare sectors. Jennifer joined NAC in May 2023, as Executive Vice President and CFO. NAC is a global leader in regional aircraft leasing and is expanding into larger narrowbody aircraft leveraging its world class asset management platform. It has a global footprint with over 65 customers in 42 countries.
Prior to joining NAC, Jennifer worked as CFO of DAE Capital, a top 10 aircraft lessor, from 2017 to 2022. From 2008 to 2017, she was with AWAS, a firm subsequently acquired by DAE. Jennifer served as Chief Accounting Officer, leading the financial reporting team at AWAS and working on key strategic projects. Prior to AWAS, she was head of Investor Relations for Eircom, the leading telecom provider in Ireland. In addition, she held various finance roles with Westpac Banking in Australia and Bayer Diagnostic Group in Ireland.
Jennifer is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, has an MBA from Dublin City University and is a member of the Institute of Directors.
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