Key Equipment Finance, one of the nation’s largest bank-held equipment finance companies and an affiliate of KeyCorp, has promoted Kathy Havlik to middle market leasing manager for the greater New York City area. In this role, Havlik will provide equipment financing solutions to middle-market clients and prospects in the Hudson Valley, Greater New York City and Northern New Jersey region.

“As an alumna of our Sales ACT program, Kathy continues to demonstrate success as she takes on new responsibilities for our sales team,” said Joe Messineo, senior vice president and regional sales director, Key Equipment Finance. “I look forward to working with her in this new role to provide superior equipment financing expertise and services in this important region.”

Havlik joined Key Equipment Finance in 2008 as a Sales ACT program participant, followed by positions as regional sales associate and associate leasing manager.
She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business.

Key Equipment Finance has been in the equipment finance business for 41 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 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. Headquartered outside Denver, Colorado, Key Equipment Finance manages $9.1 billion in assets and originates $4.3 billion of equipment financing annually.