Press Release

BOC Aviation Expands Marketing Team

18 Jan 2011

BOC AVIATION EXPANDS MARKETING TEAM

BOC Aviation is pleased to announce that Mr. Remi Le Meur has been appointed as Vice President, Marketing, Europe and Africa.  Based in Dublin, Mr. Le Meur reports to Mr. Peter Goodman, Head of Marketing for Americas, Europe and Africa.  Following this appointment, BOC Aviation now has a team of nine aircraft marketing specialists located at the Company’s offices in Singapore, Dublin, and Seattle.
 
A banker by profession, Mr. Le Meur spent 16 years with Credit Agricole CIB group first in the risk management team and then as a Director in the Structured Finance Department of the Asian Aviation Group where he arranged and advised aircraft lease financing deals for airlines and lessors.  He was latterly Vice President of Aircraft Marketing at an asset management affiliate of the group with responsibility for worldwide marketing and promotion of aircraft management services, aircraft remarketing, and advising clients and owners on aircraft leasing, sale and purchasing strategies.

BOC Aviation is the leading Asia-based aircraft leasing company with a portfolio of 167 modern aircraft operated by airlines worldwide. In addition, the company has 64 aircraft on firm order and another four aircraft on committed purchase and leaseback.  BOC Aviation has one of the youngest fleet in the industry with an average aircraft age of just over three years.

BOC Aviation is 100% owned by Bank of China, one of the ten largest banks in the world*.

*Based on market capitalization as at 31 December 2010.

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For more information, please contact:

Elsie Ng
Tel: +65 9710 0790
[email protected]
www.bocaviation.com