SUPERIOR, CO. – June 13, 2016 – Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation’s largest bank-held equipment finance companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), today announced it has promoted Sarah Palmer to underwriting executive. In this role, Palmer will be responsible for underwriting and risk management activities, including oversight of underwriting for specialty finance, scored transactions and bank channel origination activities.
“Sarah brings more than 10 years of experience with risk management, adjunction, approval and oversite, as well as bank channel originations, to this position,” said Adam D. Warner, president of Key Equipment Finance. “She has been a valuable member of our team and I look forward to working with her in this expanded role.”
Since 2006, Palmer has held various positions of increasing responsibility within the Key Equipment Finance credit risk management division. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Pan-American Innovation and Economic Research Institute, a charitable foundation that connects business with international development projects in South America.
Palmer has a bachelor of science degree in finance and financial management services from the University of Colorado Denver.
Key Equipment Finance offers equipment financing and business leasing solutions to a range of business types and industries. Learn more at www.keyequipmentfinance.com.
About Key Equipment Finance Key Equipment Finance has been in the equipment finance business for 43 years and is one of the largest bank-based equipment finance providers in the U.S. The company provides tailored equipment lease and finance solutions for commercial clients and government entities. Through its manufacturer and vendor alliances unit, equipment finance programs are developed for manufacturers, distributors and resellers.
Key Equipment Finance’s specialty finance group includes a specialty finance lending team, which provides structured facilities to various sectors of the specialty finance market, and a lease capital markets team to support corporations looking to optimize risk and revenue. Headquartered outside Denver, Colorado, Key Equipment Finance manages $10 billion in assets and originates $4.5 billion of equipment financing annually. For more information, visit http://www.keyequipmentfinance.com.
About KeyCorp KeyCorp was organized more than 160 years ago and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. One of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, Key had assets of approximately $98.4 billion at March 31, 2016. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management and investment services to individuals and small and mid-sized businesses in 12 states under the name KeyBank National Association. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC.