Key Equipment Finance has named Jefferson Peters business banking lease manager in Portland, Ore. In this role, Peters will lead business equipment financing and leasing efforts in the region.

“Jefferson has 16 years of experience in the equipment finance industry and is very well known in the Portland business community,” said David Lempko, senior vice president and business banking sales director for Key Equipment Finance. “His background and experience make him a great partner to the KeyBank business banking teams he will support throughout the state of Oregon.”

Prior to joining Key, Peters was the president of a successful lease brokerage and was a regional sales manager for a local equipment finance company in Portland. Peters has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Oregon.

Key’s business banking experts offer finance and leasing expertise to a range of industries, like renewable energy, government, business and healthcare.

Key Equipment Finance 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 vendor services unit, equipment finance programs are developed for manufacturers, distributors and resellers in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Key Equipment Finance’s specialty finance group includes a lease capital markets team to support corporations looking to optimize risk and revenue, and a lender finance team, which provides structured facilities to various sectors of the specialty finance market.