SUPERIOR, CO. – April 12, 2017 – Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation’s largest bank-held equipment finance companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), today announced the promotion of Dean Gestal to equipment finance officer, business banking team. In this role, Gestal will lead equipment financing activities in and around Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio.

Gestal joined the Key Equipment Finance Sales Accelerated Career Training (Sales ACT) program in 2016. Upon completion of the nine-month comprehensive training program designed to provide a thorough understanding of the equipment finance industry, Gestal began his role as equipment finance officer.

“Dean demonstrated a high level of professionalism during our Sales ACT rotational program,” said Scott C. Edwards, senior vice president, for Key Equipment Finance. “He will be a valuable asset to our clients looking for business financial solutions to grow or expand their organizations. I look forward to watching him excel in his new role.”

Prior to joining the Key Equipment Finance Sales ACT program, Gestal held a position as a logistics account executive with Total Quality Logistics.

Gestal has a bachelor’s degree in cognitive psychology from Miami 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 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 $136.5 billion at December 31, 2016. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management 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 https://www.key.com/.  KeyBank is Member FDIC.