James (Jim) Lawrence has been a Director of AerCap since May 5, 2017. He is currently Chairman of Lake Harriet Capital, a private investment firm. Previously, he served as Chairman and earlier Chief Executive Officer of Rothschild North America and as co-head of global investment banking at Rothschild from 2010 to 2015. Prior to Rothschild, he was Chief Financial Officer of Unilever and an Executive Director on the boards of Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC, having joined in 2007 after serving as Vice Chairman and CFO of General Mills for nine years. Earlier he was EVP and CFO of Northwest Airlines from 1996 to 1998 and a division President at PepsiCo. In 1983 he cofounded The LEK Partnership. His aviation experience includes board service at IAG, Continental Airlines, TWA, Mesaba and British Airways. Mr. Lawrence earned a B.A. in Economics from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.