---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001362988-21-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AYR"
cik: "0001362988"
company_name: "Aircastle LTD"
filed_at: "2021-07-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T04:46:19.481018+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aircastle promotes Dane Silverman to CAO; Jim Connelly to lead ESG; Frank Constantinople to retire

## Summary
- Dane Silverman appointed Chief Accounting Officer, succeeding Jim Connelly.
- Jim Connelly assumes new role as SVP ESG and Corporate Communications.
- Frank Constantinople, SVP Investor Relations, intends to retire at end of October 2021.
- Silverman joined Aircastle in 2018 as VP Controller; previously at Voyager Aviation and KPMG.
- CEO Michael Inglese praised the changes and emphasized ESG as a priority.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001362988-21-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AYR
- cik: 0001362988
- company_name: Aircastle LTD
- filed_at: 2021-07-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000136298821000031/0001362988-21-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000136298821000031/ayr-20210715.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001362988-21-000031
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001362988-21-000031.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001362988-21-000031.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Frank Constantinople departed as SVP Investor Relations at Aircastle LTD.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: SVP Investor Relations
  source text: Frank Constantinople, SVP Investor Relations, has decided that he intends to retire at the end of October 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000136298821000031/0001362988-21-000031-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jim Connelly changed role as SVP ESG and Corporate Communications at Aircastle LTD.
  - Action: will take on a new role
  - Role: SVP ESG and Corporate Communications
  source text: Jim Connelly, the prior Chief Accounting Officer, will take on a new role as SVP ESG and Corporate Communications.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000136298821000031/0001362988-21-000031-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dane Silverman was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Aircastle LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On July 15, 2021, Aircastle Limited announced the promotion and appointment of Dane Silverman, as Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000136298821000031/0001362988-21-000031-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.