SUPERIOR, CO – April 23, 2018 – Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation’s largest bank-held equipment finance companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), today named Amy Tieu and Kenneth Evans business development officers of Key4Green. In this role, Tieu and Evans will support Key4Green alliances by partnering with relationship managers in the KeyBank franchise to provide lending and financing solutions to current and new clients in Utah and New York respectively.
Key4Green is designed to help companies finance energy efficient and renewable equipment to optimize cash flow by introducing cost reductions and lower expenses related to repair and maintenance of outdated equipment. The Key4Green team works alongside companies to identify possible tax credits, rebates, grants, or other financial advantages that might be available.
“Amy comes to Key4Green after working with the KeyBank commercial banking group as a credit analyst and relationship manager,” said Jeffrey Eades, vice president of Key4Green, Key Equipment Finance. “Amy’s financial acumen and relationship building skills are going to be of great value to the Key4Green enterprise. I’m excited to watch Amy grow in her new role and look forward to working alongside her.”
Prior to joining the Key4Green team, Tieu spent the last three years as the assistant vice president for KeyBank’s commercial banking division. Before joining KeyBank in 2014, Tieu was a prime brokerage associate with the Royal Bank of Scotland and an operations analyst with Goldman Sachs. Tieu holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Utah.
“Ken comes to our organization with a strong understanding of the renewable energy sector and is incredibly effective at aligning clients with the right solutions,” said Jeffrey Eades, vice president of Key4Green, Key Equipment Finance. “We are thrilled to watch Ken utilize his financial strategy and business development expertise to assist our Key4Green team and clients in identifying the best solutions for long-term success.”
Prior to joining Key Equipment Finance, Evans was the director of finance and co-founder of the ReWire Group. Evans has had a long career within investment banking beginning his career with First Albany Corporation as a quantitative municipal finance analyst, followed by positions at BlackRock Financial as a municipal research associate and as a vice president for Deutsche Bank’s Financial Sponsors Coverage group. Evans also recently held positions of increasing responsibility with S&P Capital IQ, McGraw-Hill Financial and Envisionetics, where he was an energy and renewable solution subject matter expert. Evans holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Union College.
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 $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 $137.0 billion at March 31, 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, visithttps://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC.