SUPERIOR, CO – June 26, 2017 – Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation’s largest bank-held equipment finance companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), today announced that Chris Tucker has joined the company as managing director, specialty finance lending. In this role, Chris will manage new client facility origination, as well as manage an existing portfolio of clients in the Northeast region.
“Chris brings more than 20 years of senior level financial sales experience, primarily focused in specialty finance,” said Rian Emmett, group head, managing director in specialty finance lending, Key Equipment Finance. “He has built an exceptional career originating, underwriting and managing credit facilities. We are fortunate to have an experienced managing director of Chris’ stature join our organization, and I look forward to working alongside him.”
Prior to joining Key Equipment Finance, Chris was managing director with EverBank Commercial Finance. He also held positions of increasing responsibility with AMF Guarantee Corporation, DZ Bank AG and XL Capital Assurance Inc.
Chris has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Drexel 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 44 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 approximately $12 billion in assets and originates more than $4.5 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 $134.5 billion at March 31, 2017.
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.