CORPORATE PROFILE
Jackson Square Aviation (“JSA”) is a full-service aircraft leasing company based in San Francisco with offices in Seattle, London, Miami, and Buenos Aires, with an Asian office opening in 2010. The management team, which had previously worked together at Pegasus Aviation and Sky Holding, has over 100 years of combined industry experience. Led by the seasoned aircraft leasing trio of Richard Wiley, Toby Bright and Scott Weiss, the team has collectively acquired over $10 billion of aircraft, has purchased and/or remarketed over 400 aircraft, and has developed relationships with over 30 commercial lenders and investment banks across Europe, Asia and North America.
Jackson Square has partnered with Oaktree Capital Management, a $70+ billion institutional money manager, to finance its growth program. Oaktree has committed to invest $500 million in equity into JSA, which it expects to fully deploy within two years. Oaktree was also the majority shareholder of Pegasus Aviation, having invested in Pegasus in 2004 and sold the company to AWAS/Terra Firma in 2007. In addition to Pegasus, Oaktree had also invested with JSA’s management team on other aviation transactions going as far back as the mid-1990′s.
Our People
- Rich Wiley, President & CEO
- Over 30 years of aircraft leasing experience
- Founded Pegasus Aviation in 1988 and led it through its highly successful sale to Terra Firma / AWAS in 2007
- Strong relationships with over 50 airlines worldwide and all of the aircraft & engine manufacturers
- Has purchased over 300 aircraft in career (over $9 billion in value)
- Scott Weiss, COO/Capital Markets
- Over 15 years of leasing & banking experience (former investment banker at DLJ & HSBC)
- Raised over $2 billion in debt from 2004 – 2007
- Relationships with over 30 commercial banks and airlines worldwide
- Previously headed all capital markets and structured finance at Pegasus Aviation
- Carol Chase, EVP & General Counsel
- Over 30 years of aircraft leasing at Pegasus and Transamerica Airlines
- Substantial experience in lease, purchase, PDP and loan documentation
- Admitted to the State Bar of California and the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Toby Bright, CMO
- Over 40 years of experience in commercial aviation
- EVP and Head of commercial aircraft sales for Boeing
- Chief Marketing Officer for Pegasus Aviation Leasing
- Wilson Chen, CFO
- CPA, CIA with 15 years of accounting and leasing experience
- Substantial experience with financial reporting and asset management systems
- Kevin McDonald, SVP/Capital Markets
- 10+ years of leasing and banking experience (former investment banker at DLJ & Credit Suisse)
- Raised over $300 million in private equity for Pegasus and managed its sale process to Terra Firma/AWAS
- Manuel Cordero, VP/Technical
- Previous experience at Pegasus, AWAS and AeroPeru
- Has integrated over 150 aircraft
- Alfredo Sarria, VP/Marketing
- 15 years of aircraft marketing experience at Pegasus, Grupo Cintra: Aeromexico, Mexicana & Aero Peru
- Has leased or purchased over 50 aircraft, primarily in Europe and Latin America
- Chris Dailey, VP/Marketing
- 10+ years of airline consulting, fleet planning and aircraft finance/leasing advisory
- Managing Director of SH&E UK, overseeing 15 industry professionals across aviation sectors
- Extensive relationships with airlines and financial institutions throughout Europe and the Middle East