John Govan was promoted to Head of EMEA in March 2021, responsible for AerCap's leasing activities across Europe, Middle East and Africa. He previously served as Vice President Leasing from 2016 to 2021. Prior to joining AerCap he worked in the Technical team at SMBC Aviation Capital (formerly RBS Aviation Capital) as VP Technical and was subsequently promoted to SVP Airline Marketing and SVP OEM Relations. He began his aviation career as an Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Apprentice at Lufthansa Technik (formerly Shannon Aerospace).