Michael Amalfitano

Michael Amalfitano is President and CEO of Embraer Executive Jets and a voting member of the Embraer SA Executive Leadership Management Board. Embraer produces an industry-leading portfolio, including the Phenom 100EV, the most complete entry-level business jet, the Phenom 300E, the best-selling light jet for nine years in a row, and the Praetor 500 and Praetor 600, the world’s most disruptive and technologically advanced midsize and super-midsize business jets.

He leads the company’s global enterprise and is responsible for annual revenues exceeding $1.5 billion, an active fleet of more than 1,500 aircraft and service to more than 940 customers worldwide.

As an aviation executive with more than four decades of experience, Amalfitano’s leadership expertise encompasses financial management, corporate governance, strategic planning, global sales origination, product development, market strategy, portfolio management, marketing, communications, aircraft valuation, asset management, aircraft leasing and business aviation financing.

Before joining Embraer, Amalfitano served as Executive Vice President, Senior Managing Director of Business Aviation at Stonebriar Commercial Finance. He was also Managing Director and Executive Head of Global Corporate Aircraft Finance at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for more than 22 years, following a decade-long tenure in sales management at GE Capital.

Amalfitano earned a B.A. in Economics and a Master’s in Financial Management from Fairfield University in Connecticut.