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Executive Management

Joseph P. Adams Jr.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Joseph Adams is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of FTAI Aviation. He is a member of the Management Committee of Fortress and is a Managing Director at Fortress within the Private Equity Group. He has served as a member of the board of directors of Seacastle, Inc., SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd., Aircastle Limited and RailAmerica Inc. Previously, Mr. Adams was a partner at Brera Capital Partners and at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where he was in the transportation industry group. In 2002, Mr. Adams served as the first Executive Director of the Air Transportation Stabilization Board. Mr. Adams received a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Eun (Angela) Nam
Chief Financial Officer / Chief Accounting Officer

Eun (Angela) Nam is the Chief Financial and Accounting Officer of FTAI Aviation. Ms. Nam served as a Senior Vice President at Fortress within the Private Equity Group since 2014 and has been involved in various mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. Ms. Nam previously served as Interim Chief Accounting Officer of Drive Shack Inc., an entity that was then managed by Fortress, from March through September 2016. Prior to joining Fortress in 2014, Ms. Nam worked in KPMG LLP’s audit and risk advisory services for over ten years. Ms. Nam received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting from Emory University, and is a certified public accountant.