WLFC · Willis Lease Finance Corp · Executive Compensation

$39.72 +1.02 (+2.64%) At close · Oct 27 Q1 2026 earnings call transcript

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Market Cap

$850.20M

21.14M

Volume · Oct 27 241.73K Avg daily vol (3M) 221.69K

Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2025

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Charles F. Willis	Executive Chairman	$1,210,202	$5,251,327	$33,628,868	$11,364,000	—	$637,084	$52,091,481
Austin C. Willis	Chief Executive Officer	$850,662	$3,445,424	$14,637,060	—	—	$275,859	$19,209,005
Austin Willis	Chief Executive Officer	$850,662	$3,445,424	$14,637,060	—	—	$275,859	$19,209,005
Brian R. Hole	President	$664,599	$1,974,759	$9,589,798	—	—	$47,716	$12,276,872
Scott Flaherty	Chief Financial Officer	$607,278	$1,402,669	$7,823,469	—	—	$93,079	$9,926,494

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Charles F. Willis	Executive Chairman	$1,209,442	$4,185,726	$8,609,728	—	—	$152,192	$14,157,088
Austin Willis	Chief Executive Officer	$825,375	$2,856,519	$3,253,626	—	—	$274,341	$7,209,861
Austin C. Willis	Chief Executive Officer	$825,375	$2,856,519	$3,253,626	—	—	$274,341	$7,209,861
Brian R. Hole	President	$663,706	$2,030,590	$3,843,928	—	—	$48,125	$6,586,349
Scott Flaherty	Chief Financial Officer	$565,738	$1,002,099	$1,739,007	—	—	$78,576	$3,385,420

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Charles F. Willis	Executive Chairman	$1,103,857	$3,027,643	$6,486,000	—	—	$160,145	$10,777,645
Austin Willis	Chief Executive Officer	$697,375	$1,947,332	$3,619,752	—	—	$220,324	$6,484,783
Austin C. Willis	Chief Executive Officer	$697,375	$1,947,332	$3,619,752	—	—	$220,324	$6,484,783
Brian R. Hole	President	$702,693	$1,294,239	$2,397,000	—	—	$76,611	$4,470,543

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Charles F. Willis	Executive Chairman	$1,097,000	$1,000,000	$3,909,088	—	—	$207,022	$6,213,110
Austin Willis	Chief Executive Officer	$580,688	—	$1,278,220	—	—	$93,436	$1,952,344
Austin C. Willis	Chief Executive Officer	$580,688	—	$1,278,220	—	—	$93,436	$1,952,344
Brian R. Hole	President	$499,244	—	$1,066,586	—	—	$23,566	$1,589,396

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
Charles F. Willis	Executive Chairman	$1,097,000	—	$6,403,600	—	—	$416,556	$7,917,156
Brian R. Hole	President	$453,000	—	$1,279,421	—	—	$85,992	$1,818,413
Austin Willis	Chief Executive Officer	$375,000	—	$907,148	—	—	$54,563	$1,336,711
Austin C. Willis	Chief Executive Officer	$375,000	—	$907,148	—	—	$54,563	$1,336,711

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Brian R. Hole	Global Head of Managed Funds and Credit	Appointed	2025-10-08	2025-10-14
Rae Ann McKeating	director	Resigned	2024-12-31	2024-12-17
Stephen Jones	director	Appointed	2025-01-01	2024-12-17
Robert Keady	Director	Resigned	2024-04-01	2024-04-05
Hans Joerg Hunziker	Board	Resigned	2023-12-31	2023-12-28
Brendan Curran	Board of Directors	Appointed	2024-01-01	2023-12-28
Brian R. Hole	President	Appointed	2022-04-01	2022-08-04

Leadership

Austin C. Willis CEO
Charles F. Willis CEO, Chairman
Charles F. Willis, IV Chairman
Scott Flaherty CFO
Z. Clifton Dameron IV General Counsel
Brendan Curran Board Member
Colm Barrington Board Member
Stephen Jones Board Member

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