GECAS appointed John Bordeaux as chief investment officer, a newly created role, which he will take up in April 2020.

Bordeaux will be responsible for the various teams that are involved in making GECAS portfolio and investment decisions, namely Aircraft Trading, Commercial Operations and Portfolio Strategy. Having all these under one leader will ensure GECAS takes a holistic view of its portfolio and buy-hold-sell decisions.

Bordeaux is currently the global financial planning and analysis leader of GE Capital, a role he has held since May 2018. Prior to this, he has held several key roles in Finance and Capital Markets, namely serving in managing director roles in GE Energy Financial Services (EFS) and serving as finance leader for GE’s Global Growth Sales & Project Finance team. Bordeaux started his GE career in GECAS in 2008 as vice president of Transaction Advisory.

Speaking on the appointment, Greg Conlon, CEO of GECAS said, “I am delighted to announce John Bordeaux as chief investment officer. This newly created role will be pivotal to our business and John’s extensive experience will further strengthen GECAS’ position and help drive execution on our priorities.”