Amelia Anderson

Amelia Anderson is a seasoned corporate finance executive and a passionate advocate for gender equality. Amelia retired from her 30-year corporate finance career in November 2018, most recently serving as Managing Director, Assistant Treasurer of American Airlines. American Airlines is one of the largest airlines in the world, with 2018 total revenue of $44.5 billion. At American, Amelia and her team executed over $50 billion of best-in-class transactions, including financing 500+ new aircraft, and were named the industry’s Airline Treasury Team of the Year multiple times.

Amelia is Co-founder and President of Advancing Women in Aviation Roundtable (AWAR), a non-profit whose mission is to promote the development and advancement of women leaders in aviation by engaging with senior male and female industry executives.

Amelia also serves as Chair of the Dublin City University Aviation Industry “Year of Inclusion” Advisory Committee, an initiative addressing diversity & inclusion in Ireland’s critical aviation industry.

In 2017, Amelia was honored to be named the inaugural recipient of the Aviation Woman of the Year award by Airfinance Journal, in recognition of her global leadership in both aviation finance and diversity & inclusion.

Amelia holds a BS degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and an MBA degree in Corporate Finance from Georgia State University in Atlanta. Amelia, her husband Robert and their two teenage daughters reside in Coppell, Texas.