SUPERIOR, CO. – October 4, 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 named Justin Woodward vice president, equipment finance. In this role, Woodward will deliver equipment finance solutions to the company’s current and prospective clients in Idaho and Eastern Washington.

“Justin has extensive experience helping meet the equipment financing needs of companies in the transportation, construction, medical, aircraft, technology and agricultural sectors,” said Mark Thomas, senior vice president, Key Equipment Finance. “I am excited to have a professional of Justin’s caliber joining our team, and I’m confident he will strengthen our position in the market while providing exceptional service to our clients.”

Woodward brings seventeen years of financing experience to Key Equipment Finance. Prior to joining Key, he held various positions of increasing responsibility at Zions Credit Corporation, the equipment financing division of Zions Bank, since 1999. Woodward has a bachelor’s of science degree in technical sales from Weber State University. 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 nearly $11 billion in assets and originates more than $5 billion of equipment financing annually. For more information, visit http://www.keyequipmentfinance.com.

About KeyCorp

KeyCorp’s (NYSE: KEY) roots trace back 190 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies with assets of approximately $101 billion as of June 30, 2016. The acquisition of First Niagara Financial Group, which became effective on August 1, 2016, added assets of approximately $40 billion, based on June 30, 2016 balances. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, insurance and investment services to individuals and small and mid-sized businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association and First Niagara Bank, National Association, through a network of more than 1,200 branches and more than 1,500 ATMs. 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 www.key.com. KeyBank and First Niagara Bank, National Association are Member FDIC Institutions.