Board of directors and responsibilities

Capital Lease Aviation Plc's directors and their roles are as follows:

Robert Jeffries Chatfield
(Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Nomination Committee) age 43
Mr Chatfield is the Chairman of Avation PLC and has been instrumental in establishing and growing the Company. He is also the Group Executive Chairman of Skywest Airlines Ltd and Chairman of Skywest Airlines Pty Ltd. Mr Chatfield has managed and been a director of a number of companies involved in the airline industry, data distribution, electronics, investment, broadcasting and manufacturing sectors. He has worked in a number of successful start-up companies and is the author and registered holder of a variety of patents. He has a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Engineering Science from the University of Western Australia. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Singapore Institute of Directors.

He was born in Perth, Australia and is a permanent resident of Singapore.

Richard Headon Sinclair
(Chief Executive Officer, Finance Director and an Audit Committee member) age 38
Mr Sinclair was formerly Finance Director of Avation Plc ("Avation") where in addition to having responsibility for the finance function, he played an active role in securing aircraft purchases and in negotiating lease transactions for Avation. Mr Sinclair has worked in large listed public companies such as Allco (Singapore) Ltd, a public company involved in real estate, aircraft and other capital assets, and Westfield Ltd, a public company which is the world's largest shopping centre owner.

He has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Adelaide and is a member of the Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia.

Peter Anthony Freeman
(Non-executive Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee) age 49
Mr Freeman is a Director and Compliance Officer of Loeb Aron & Company Limited a corporate finance firm authorised and regulated by the FSA. He spent time at IMRO and gained experience as a financial services regulator. At OFEX he was responsible for overseeing all regulatory aspects of OFEX’s business (the OFEX Market and its relationship with its issuers and members) and ensured that the OFEX Rule Book was properly maintained and administered. He also liaised with external bodies on UK and European legislation and policy. He was the Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer for OFEX. Mr Freeman was a director of both OFEX plc and its parent company OFEX Holdings plc (now PLUS Markets Group Plc) when the latter was admitted to AIM. He gained a Bachelor of Science degree from Reading University and an MBA.

Olivier Garrigue
(Non-executive Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee) age 43
Mr. Garrigue is a senior executive with extensive strategy and corporate finance experience. He is the Managing Director of Mapesbury Capital Partners and was formerly an investment banker with Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Bear Stearns International, and brings significant experience and expertise in executing M&A, financing and advisory transactions. Mr Garrigue has also served on the boards of both private and public companies including Apptix ASA where he was a Non-Executive director and member of the audit committee, BBC Resources Limited where he was Director of Strategy and Mapesbury Communications Limited where he was one of the founders and a non executive Chairman prior to selling the company earlier this year. Mr Garrigue currently holds one other non-executive directorships with Guava Limited a leading online marketing agency. Mr Garrigue is a graduate of ESCE Paris and holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.

Soeren Ferré
(Non-executive Director) age 40
Mr. Ferré has been Chief Executive Officer of AerCap Group Services B.V. since January 2008. In addition to this responsibility, he is also Head of Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia-Pacific Region of AerCap Holdings N.V. He joined AerCap in September 2003 as Vice President of Marketing for the Asia-Pacific region. In July 2004, he was appointed as the Head of Sales and Marketing for the Asia-Pacific region. He started his career at Airbus in 1990 and was based in Toulouse, France. In 1995, he moved to China and became the head of the marketing team covering Hong Kong and Macau for Airbus prior to becoming a Sales Director in 1999 in charge of the major Chinese airlines. In 2001, Mr. Ferré moved to Sydney to become the Sales Director for the Pacific region for Airbus where he was in charge of the major airlines in that region. Mr. Ferré holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the ENAC - Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile.

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