Virgin America has announced the appointment of Anthony Mosse as vice president of finance and treasurer. Mosse has played a leading role in shaping Virgin America's significant fleet growth, including the airline's recent Airbus order.
In July 2010, Virgin America placed one of the largest aircraft orders at this year's Farnborough International Air Show – announcing plans to order 40 additional new Airbus aircraft. Mosse joined Virgin America in August 2009 as the director of corporate finance and treasurer.
Mosse has 15 years of aviation and investment experience, with a track record that includes securing billions of dollars of aircraft financing on behalf of aviation clients in addition to making direct investments in aviation and other assets. Prior to Virgin America, Mosse served as a managing director in Babcock & Brown's corporate and structured finance group. There Mosse established and managed new principal investment classes in aviation, infrastructure and real estate. Prior to that, Mosse served as the manager of commercial alliances at Air New Zealand, where he managed relationships with numerous global airline partners and led business development teams on alliances.
In his new role, Mosse will lead the airline's capital market transactions, corporate finance, insurance procurement, aircraft deliveries, lease negotiations, cash and investment management, fuel hedging and banking relationships.