GREG WILLIS
EVP & CFO
Air Lease Corporation
As executive vice president and chief financial officer of Air Lease Corporation (ALC), Greg Willis oversees accounting, treasury, tax, and investor relations as well as the organization’s information technology systems and third-party management fleet. A team of more than 45 professionals report to Willis directly or indirectly.
Willis led the transition from QuickBooks to the full implementation of NetSuite. He onboarded equity analysis for capital raising and helped the organization achieve $7.2 billion in new banking relationships. In fact, Willis has raised $3.5 billion to $4 billion in funding each year. He also led the first Canadian bond raise for a leasing company in history and achieved the first independent grade rating by the SNB and was the fastest in history to do so.
Willis has now served as chief financial officer of ALC since 2012 and joined the company at its inception in 2010 as its vice president of finance and chief accounting officer. Willis was instrumental in the start-up of ALC, and has played a pivotal role in the financing activities of the company since. Willis led the company’s rating agency efforts to transition from an unrated borrower to the highest standalone rated aircraft lessor. In addition, Willis is responsible for the company’s banking relationships and its primary credit facility, which is over $7 billion in size across more than 50 financial institutions. Prior to joining ALC, Willis served as the director of accounting policy at ILFC. He began his career as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
