Aviation Capital Group promoted James Zembrzuski to executive vice president, general counsel and secretary; Jaime Crear to senior vice president, controller and chief accounting officer; Lisa Savitzky to senior vice president, counsel and assistant secretary; and Niall O’Sullivan to assistant vice president of accounting (ACG Ireland).
Zembrzuski joined Aviation Capital Group in February 2015 as a vice president in the legal department. In 2017, Zembrzuski was promoted to senior vice president and general counsel, and he currently oversees the company’s legal, compliance and insurance functions. Zembrzuski also serves as a member of Aviation Capital Group’s senior leadership team.
Crear began her career at Aviation Capital Group in 2016 as an assistant vice president of accounting and finance. In 2020, she was promoted to vice president of internal audit and risk, becoming responsible for the internal audit function and building out the audit team within the company. In addition, she has continued to develop Aviation Capital Group’s risk management framework.
In her new role, Crear will assume responsibility for overseeing general accounting, financial reporting, contract administration and aircraft data and analysis functions of the company. She will also serve as the primary contact for quarterly reviews and annual financial statement audits.
Savitzky joined Aviation Capital Group in 2017 and is responsible for managing the legal aspects of the company’s securities and corporate finance transactions, including debt offerings, credit facilities and the company’s commercial paper program. She advises on corporate initiatives and has been involved with various M&A and strategic transactions. Savitzky also oversees all corporate governance and board matters for the company and provides guidance to the company’s board of representatives.
O’Sullivan joined Aviation Capital Group in March 2019 as a director of finance in its Dublin office, having previously worked as a contractor since 2017. In this role, he led the day-to-day management of the Dublin office’s financial operations, including the servicing of various asset-backed securitized structures and compliance with the financial reporting obligations of Aviation Capital Group’s Irish entities.
With this promotion, O’Sullivan will be responsible for overseeing all financial reporting matters related to Aviation Capital Group’s Ireland operations, including the servicing of its ABS structures and oversight of financial metrics at the group level.
Founded in 1989, Aviation Capital Group is an aircraft asset manager with more than 440 owned, managed and committed aircraft as of Dec. 31, 2021, which are leased to approximately 90 airlines in approximately 45 countries. Aviation Capital Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokyo Century Corporation.
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