Weili Chen
Head Of Capital Markets Aircraft Financing
Standard Chartered
Mr. Weili Chen is currently the Head of Capital Market Aircraft Financing at Standard Chartered. His main focus is to originate capital market transactions such as EETC and aircraft ABS. Prior to joining Standard Chartered in 2016, Mr. Chen was a Senior Director in the Structured Finance department at Standard & Poor's Ratings Services in New York. He was the Analytical Manager of the U.S. non-traditional securitizations, with responsibility in primary market. During the 17 years at S&P, Weili covered multiple asset classes including transportation asset leases, timeshare loans, intellectual properties, insurance-related receivables, and solar panel power purchase agreements. He authored several S&P’s criteria in rating some of these asset classes, chief among them the aircraft and container lease-backed securitizations.
Weili holds an M.B.A. in finance from Yale School of Management, a Master’s Degree in Urban Studies from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Weili received his Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from Qinghua University.