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John Slattery launches GreenStone Aviation
16 June 2009
John Slattery, the former head of Americas at RBS Aviation Capital, has formed a new commercial aircraft leasing company with over $100 million in launch equity.
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[GreenStone Aviation]
[Jefferies Capital Partners]
[private equity]
[new leasing company]
John Slattery has launched GreenStone Aviation a new aircraft leasing company backed by private equity investors.
Slattery was a co-founder of RBS Aviation Capital and the former head of its Americas business based in New York. GreenStone's lead investor is Jefferies Capital Partners which has committed $100 million in equity to launch the company. Slattery aims to raise a total of $500 million by the end of 2010.
“It is great to have these proven experienced professionals enter the leasing market. Boeing looks forward to working with Greenstone,” says John Wojick, vice president sales leasing, asset management and Latin America, at Boeing.
Slattery has ambitious plans for the new company. “GreenStone is a growth company that comes to the market at a time when airlines and manufacturers are keenly looking to engage with fresh capital that has no legacy fleet complications. We want to be the first lessor that airlines...
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