SUPERIOR, CO. – October 26, 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 Kevin Wright vice president, equipment finance. In this role, Wright will identify, develop and deliver end-user equipment finance solutions for the company’s middle market. He will be serving clients in Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky.
“With 14 years of industry experience, Kevin has proven his expertise in sales, finance, management and commercial lending,” said Deborah B. Brown, senior vice president, large corporate and Great Lakes regional sales director, for Key Equipment Finance. “We are excited about the valuable insight Kevin brings with him to Key Equipment Finance and look forward to watching him excel in his new role.”
Prior to joining Key Equipment Finance, Wright was regional vice president for Connext Financial, where he served middle market and large corporate clients for the past 11 years. Previously, he held various positions of increasing responsibility with General Electric, Hershey’s Chocolate and Anheuser-Busch.
Wright has a master of business administration from Indiana Wesleyan University and a bachelor of science in business administration from the University of Louisville.
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 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 $135.8 billion at September 30, 2016.
Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, insurance, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank 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 https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC.