NEW YORK, NY—(Marketwire – Aug 22, 2012) – Winston Baker, a leading global producer of finance conferences, will be hosting the annual Aviation Finance Summit at the Park Central Hotel in New York City on October 2, 2012. In its 5th year, the summit will bring together high-level aviation executives with bankers, investors and advisors to address how to continually fuel the industry’s growing needs for financing such capital-intensive aviation businesses and their increasing demands from emerging markets around the world, while facing the turmoil of economic and political fluctuations.

The notable speaking faculty will include:
Ron Wainshal, Chief Executive Officer, AIRCASTLE LIMITED
Kirsten Bartok, Managing Partner, AIRFINANCE CAPITAL AND LEASING
R. Stephen Hannahs, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP CORP.
Olivier Trauchessec, Managing Director, BNP PARIBAS
Peter Davis, Head of Treasury, BOC AVIATION
Robert Martin, Chief Executive Officer, BOC AVIATION
Sergio Novis Filho, Institutional Relations, BRAZILIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Scott Scherer, Senior Vice President, Strategic Regulatory Policy, BOEING CAPITAL CORP.
Kostya Zolotusky, Managing Director, Capital Markets Development, BOEING CAPITAL CORP.
Dominique Mielle, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager, CANYON PARTNERS
David Lloyd, Portfolio Manager, CARLSON CAPITAL
Yevgeniya Levitin, Managing Director, Transportation Group, CREDIT AGRICOLE
John Slattery, Senior Vice President, EMBRAER
Louis Emery, Assistant General Counsel for Transportation, EX-IM BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
Viren Joshi, Strategic Account Executive, EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CANADA
John Beekman, Research Analyst, Fixed Income Division, FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
Abdol Moabery, President & Chief Executive Officer, GA TELESIS
Gregory Lee, Managing Director, GOLDMAN SACHS
Steve Rimmer, Chief Executive Officer, GUGGENHEIM AVIATION PARTNERS
Mark S. Streeter, CFA, Managing Director, J.P. MORGAN
Richard Stock, Partner, MAYER BROWN JSM
Robert Agnew, President and Chief Executive Officer, MORTEN BEYER & AGNEW
Heidi Ho, Executive Director, MORGAN STANLEY
Tomoya Sato, Chief Representative, NIPPON EXPORT AND INVESTMENT INSURANCE | NEXI
David Andrews, Executive Vice President, Credit Research Team, PIMCO
Christopher Chaput, Managing Director, RPK CAPITAL
Marshall Sonenshine, Chairman and Managing Partner, SONENSHINE PARTNERS
Betsy Snyder, Director, Corporate & Government Ratings, STANDARD & POOR’S
Edmund Greenslet, Publisher, THE AIRLINE MONITOR/ESG AVIATION
Evan Carruthers, Partner, TPG CREDIT MANAGEMENT
Scott Paige, Portfolio Manager, TRILOGY CAPITAL
Eric Adema, Principal, VX CAPITAL PARTNERS

Since its inception, the program has been bringing together aviation and finance executives from around the world representing billions in capital each year. The Aviation Finance Summit has hosted the most notable names in the business and at this year’s summit, industry leaders will share their views on:
Bracing for More Turbulence: Macro-Economic and Political Dynamics
Executive Strategy Panel: Fueling the State of Aviation Finance
Debt Financing Solutions: The Shift to Capital Markets
The ASU Impact: How Export Credit Agencies Will Adapt in 2013
Private Capital: Emerging Investment Trends in the Face of Increased Demand
Global Insight: Lending and Leasing Pitfalls and Opportunities in China and Asia Pacific Regions
The Upside of Used Aircraft: Capitalizing on the Pre-Owned and End-of-Life Sector

Companies interested in participating at the 5th Annual Aviation Finance Summit on October 2nd should review details and register online at www.AviationFinanceSummit.com. The early registration rate expires on August 31, 2012.