Chief Executive Officer · WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP (WLFC)

Austin Willis

A named executive officer of WILLIS LEASE FINANCE in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$19,209,005

FY2024: $7,209,861

2nd of 4 named executive officers at Willis Lease Finance by FY2025 total.

4 named officers on file for WILLIS LEASE FINANCE, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 24, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Austin Willis compensation by year

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as WILLIS LEASE FINANCE reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$262,500$330,000$264,000$375,000$580,688$697,375$825,375$850,662
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$1,947,332$2,856,519$3,445,424
Stock awards$0$565,620$662,076$1,451,437$1,278,220$3,619,752$3,253,626$14,637,060
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$130,848$390,506$512,637$0$0$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$43,193$18,362$47,773$54,563$93,436$220,324$274,341$275,859
Total$436,541$1,304,488$1,486,486$1,881,000$1,952,344$6,484,783$7,209,861$19,209,005

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP DEF 14A filed April 24, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-177136, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP filed document, accession 0001193125-26-177136. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 24, 2026.

$437K
$1.3M
$1.5M
$1.9M
$2.0M
$6.5M
$7.2M
$19.2M
FY17
FY18
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU43,500$5,900,340—
RSU23,200$3,146,848—
RSU21,750$2,950,170—
RSU15,466$2,097,808—
RSU11,658$1,581,291—
RSU7,772$1,054,194—
RSU6,893$934,967—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

14 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 24, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-08-03Sale10b5-19,363$73.68435,888
2026-08-03Sale10b5-15,637$72.77445,251
2026-07-01Sale10b5-1700$222.71152,580
2026-07-01Sale10b5-1500$220.62154,980
2026-07-01Sale10b5-1500$223.91152,080
2026-07-01Sale10b5-11,100$227.99150,532
2026-07-01Sale10b5-11,700$221.81153,280
2026-07-01Sale10b5-1200$225.09151,880

The 8 most recent of 14 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Charles Willis IVExecutive Chairman$52,091,481
Austin Willis · this pageChief Executive Officer$19,209,005
Brian HolePresident$12,276,872
Scott FlahertyChief Financial Officer$9,926,494

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