Hong Kong – 19 January 2016 - China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (“CALC” or the “Group”, stock code: 01848.HK), the largest independent aircraft operating lessor in China, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Chen Chia-Ling as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Ms. Chen has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and over 10 years of experience in asset management, including experience with regard to launching exchange-traded funds (“ETF”). She is currently an independent trustee of CSOP ETF Trust (“CSOP Trust”) and a member of the board of trustees of CSOP Trust. From September 2013 to October 2014, Ms. Chen was a director of China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited (“CAMHK”) as the manager of ChinaAMC ETF series which are listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange.  She was also the chief executive officer of CAMHK from 2011 to 2014.  Before joining CAMHK, Ms. Chen served as Head of Sales (Greater China) at Deutsche Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited and a director of the Equity Derivatives Desk at ABN AMRO Bank.