Aviation Capital Group (ACG), the commercial aircraft leasing subsidiary of Pacific Life Insurance, announced that Carter White has joined the company as senior vice president – head of Trading.

White was previously with AWAS since 2004, his most recent role being MD – EMEA Sales & head of Trading. White assumes the role from Andy Mansell, who will continue to serve as ACG’s executive vice president – Global Head of Marketing & Trading.

“Carter has a strong track record and compliments what is already one of the most experienced trading teams in the industry. We have been active in the secondary market both buying and selling aircraft and wanted to grow the Trading Team as it is an integral part of our business and product offering,” said Mansell.

“Adding Carter allows the Aircraft Trading team to expand ACG’s strategic focus and capability across a range of functions, from managing ACG’s role as a launch customer on the AEI B737-800 freighter conversion program to optimizing the value of our aircraft portfolio,” said Khanh Tran, CEO of ACG.

Aviation Capital Group is a full service aircraft asset management company with approximately 380 owned, managed and committed aircraft, which are leased to approximately 100 airlines in over 45 countries.