Partner
Shawn Vick
Team | Investment Team

Mr. Vick is a Partner at AE Industrial and is focused on the sourcing, negotiation and strategic positioning of portfolio investments and is a member of the Firm’s Investment Committee. Mr. Vick is the Executive Chairman of Global Jet Capital, an AE Industrial portfolio investment and one of the largest providers of financing solutions to the business aviation market. Mr. Vick currently serves on the Board of Directors of AE Industrial portfolio company Solairus Aviation. Prior to joining AE industrial in 2014, Mr. Vick served as Executive Vice President at Hawker Beechcraft until its ownership transition to Textron in 2013. Prior to Hawker Beechcraft, Mr. Vick was President & CEO of Landmark Aviation Airport Services, the FBO subsidiary of Landmark Aviation — a former portfolio company of AE Industrial. Mr. Vick has over 30 years of operating experience in the business aviation market, having held senior leadership positions at four of the world’s 25 largest OEM manufacturers: Gulfstream Aerospace, Bombardier Aerospace, British Aerospace and Hawker Beechcraft. He also has operating experience in the MRO and charter management segments of the business aviation market. Mr. Vick has experience in managing private equity-backed enterprises, including all aspects of senior management and evaluating and executing acquisition targets. Mr. Vick also has significant restructuring and international expertise.

Education
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, BS
  • Oxford College, England, Oxford Air Transport Course programs
Prior Experience
  • Hawker Beechcraft
  • Landmark Aviation Airport Services