SUPERIOR, Colo. – January 25, 2024 – Key Equipment Finance (KEF) a division of KeyBank, promoted Kathy Havlik, CLFP, to senior vice president and regional sales director for Key Equipment Finance’s Central and East Region, which covers 26 states stretching south and east from Illinois. In her new role, Havlik will lead the region’s equipment finance team with a focus on identifying, developing and nurturing middle-market and business banking client relationships for Key. She reports to Peter Bullen, Group Head of KEF.
“Kathy knows this business and she excels at helping to structure solutions that fit our clients’ individual needs, said Bullen. “She manages client growth and team member development in a similar fashion – she genuinely cares about individual success and helps others evaluate their options and choose the best path to meet their objectives. I look forward to the growth Key will achieve based on Kathy’s leadership skills and strategic vision.”
Havlik joined Key in 2008 and most recently served as senior vice president and district manager for the bank channel group. She is an alumni of the KEF Sales Accelerated Career Track (ACT) rotational training program and has been recognized with numerous honors including being named to the Million Dollar Club and receiving the Golden Key Award, President’s Award and Pinnacle Club Award.
Havlik holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business. She earned a CLFP designation in 2021. Havlik currently serves on the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) Emerging Talent Advisory Council and will serve on the ELFA’s Women’s Council beginning in February 2024.
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 $188 billion at December 31, 2023. 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 1,200 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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