SUPERIOR, Colo. – March 1, 2022 – Key Equipment Finance, a division of KeyBank and one of the largest bank-owned equipment finance providers in the United States, has named Chris Fowler as vice president - equipment finance officer. In this role, Fowler is responsible for managing existing middle market and business banking relationships, as well as developing new relationships within Key Equipment Finance’s footprint throughout Central and Southwest Ohio.
“I am very excited to welcome Chris back to the Key Equipment Finance team,” said Deborah Brown, senior vice president for Key Equipment Finance. “Chris spent 14 years at Key, including a decade in the bank channel, before moving to the commercial vendor channel. He has proven himself to be a top performer throughout his 30-year career in sales, and I’m confident our customers in Ohio will benefit greatly from his extensive expertise.”
Prior to returning to Key Equipment Finance, Fowler was vice president of business development for Wintrust Specialty Finance. His career also includes 15 years with Pitney Bowes, Inc. as a sales executive.
Fowler holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Miami University, and attended the University of Dayton’s MBA graduate program.
For more information, visit https://www.keyequipmentfinance.com/.
About Key Equipment Finance
Key Equipment Finance, a division of KeyBank, has been in the equipment, software and services finance business for over 48 years and is one of the largest bank-owned equipment finance providers in the U.S. The company provides tailored equipment lease and finance solutions for commercial clients and government entities, manufacturers, distributors, resellers and, through Specialty Finance Lending, a business unit of KeyBank, provides structured facilities across various sectors of the specialty finance market. Additionally, Key Equipment Finance’s capital markets team utilizes its syndication capabilities to structure large, multi-bank transactions. With headquarters outside Denver, Colorado, Key Equipment Finance manages approximately $15.2 billion in assets and originates approximately $4.4 billion of equipment financing annually. For more information, visit keyequipmentfinance.com.
About KeyCorp
KeyCorp's roots trace back nearly 200 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 $186.3 billion on December 31, 2021. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,000 branches and approximately 1,300 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.
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