DePonte will oversee the company’s unified clean energy, energy efficiency and Key4Green business development efforts
SUPERIOR, CO. – Sep. 10, 2018 – 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 Brian D. DePonte to lead Key Equipment Finance Clean Energy, a unified clean energy and energy efficiency team providing financing solutions for vendors, developers and clients. In this role, DePonte will lead the company’s finance initiatives across all types of clean energy products, including solar installations, fuel cells, LED and other lighting solutions, energy efficient heating and cooling, combined heat and power, and other new energy innovations.
“Brian is a proven leader who understands evolving markets and how to meet the needs of clients in the energy space,” said Adam D. Warner, president of Key Equipment Finance. “Under Brian’s leadership, the Key Equipment Finance Clean Energy team will strategically deploy capital that positively impacts our environment and energy independence, all of which contribute to our Key4Green sustainability efforts.”
Previously, DePonte was senior vice president, energy solutions. He joined Key Equipment Finance in 2011 and was senior vice president for Key Government Finance. Prior to joining Key, he was vice president of sales and operations for the Municipal Services Group. He has also held sales and management positions at Columbine Systems Inc. (now Harris Corp.) and Transamerica Commercial Finance.
DePonte has a bachelor’s degree in management from Texas Tech University.
About Key Equipment Finance
Key Equipment Finance has been in the equipment finance business for 45 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 commercial vendor 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 $13 billion in assets and originates nearly $6 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 $137.8 billion at June 30, 2018. 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 approximately 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.