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Adam D. Warner
President, Key Equipment Finance
Adam D. Warner is president of Key Equipment Finance. In this role, he is responsible for all of Key Equipment Finance’s commercial and bank-based equipment lease and finance efforts; as well as equipment finance programs for the aviation, technology, energy, healthcare, specialty vehicle and government vertical market segments. He is also responsible for overseeing the equipment finance programs for all of the company’s vendor customers, including equipment manufacturers and distributors worldwide; and for the company’s advisory and distribution services unit. Before joining Key Equipment Finance in 2001, he worked as senior vice president of sales and marketing at Mellon Leasing Corporation, where he had worked since 1988. Prior to that position, he was vice president and chief operating officer. He also held the position of operations manager at McDonnell Douglas Finance Corp. from 1985-1988. Warner is currently a member of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s board of directors and also serves on the organization’s executive committee.

Kenneth A. Turner
SVP, U.S. Sales
Ken Turner was named senior vice president, U.S. Sales, in April 2009. He joined Key Equipment Finance in 2001 as senior vice president and national business processing manager. In 2007, he became senior vice president of sales for the company’s bank and middle market segments. Prior to Key, he served in positions of increasing responsibility at Advanta Leasing Services, AT&T Capital Corp. and Newcourt Credit Group Inc.

Michael J. Swartz
Managing Director, Key Equipment Finance Lease Advisory and Distribution Services
Michael Swartz was named managing director of Key Equipment Finance’s Lease Advisory and Distribution Services in March 2008. Mr. Swartz joined Key Equipment Finance from the Broe Company, where he served as managing director of corporate acquisitions. Prior to Broe, he spent more than 12 years with G.E. Capital in a variety of commercial finance roles involving energy finance, capital finding, equipment finance and syndication. Mr. Swartz has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, including tenures at CIT Group, Pitney Bowes Credit Corporation, Capital Associates and the Bank of New England.

Jeanne L. Early
SVP and General Counsel
Jeanne Early was appointed senior vice president and general counsel in 2001. She joined Key Equipment Finance in May 1995 as assistant counsel. Ms. Early coordinates legal services for Key Equipment Finance’s worldwide operations. Before her work at Key, Early was in private practice at Thompson Coburn, then litigation manager at ITT Capital Finance. Ms. Early serves on the Legal Committee, the Middle Market Bank Council and the Fair Business Practices Committee of the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association.

John Evans
Managing Director, International Operations
John Evans was named executive vice president and managing director of international operations in 2007. In this role he oversees Key Equipment Finance’s activities in Europe and Asia Pacific. Evans joined Key as European portfolio manager in the U.K. in 1997 and was named vice president, European commercial operations in 2000. He completed an expatriate assignment in 2002 as senior vice president, Global Finance and Treasury, at Key Equipment Finance’s worldwide headquarters in Colorado. He was appointed senior vice president, integration and technology, in 2004, and in 2006 became managing director and executive vice president of the company’s Asia Pacific business, located in Australia.

Lori G. Frasier
SVP, Research and Development
Lori Frasier was named senior vice president of Research and Development in October 2009. In this role, Ms. Frasier is responsible for market research, client insight, sales performance and analysis, international business support, and employee development initiatives. Previously, she served as senior vice president of Human Resources and Facilities Management. She is the former chair of the ELFA Human Resources task force and previously served on the Compensation and Diversity Steering committees.

Andrew G. Mesches
EVP and Chief Risk Officer
Andy Mesches is the executive vice president and chief risk officer for Key Equipment Finance. Mr. Mesches joined Key in 1995 as executive vice president of risk management for its Commercial Leasing Services group. Prior to joining Key, he was senior vice president at Banc One Leasing Corporation. He also spent 10 years at US Leasing Corporation. Mr. Mesches serves on the Credit/Collections and Basel II Advisory Committees of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association.

Michelle Worster
SVP, Operations Group
Michelle Worster was named senior vice president, operations group, for Key Equipment Finance in November 2007. Prior to joining Key in May 2007 as senior vice president, business support services, Worster worked for the company in a consulting capacity. Before that, she spent four years with CIT Specialty Finance Europe, directing the company’s operations, new business and project management services for 15 European countries. Previously, Worster worked at GE for 15 years in various management, quality assurance, engineering and operations’ positions of increasing responsibility.

William A. Weeks
Chief Information Officer
Bill Weeks joined Key Equipment Finance in October 2005. Prior to joining Key, he was vice president of information technology at National City Commercial Capital. At Provident Bank (prior to its acquisition by National City), he was vice president and business technology leader for the equipment leasing, sub-prime mortgage and data warehouse divisions. He serves on the Operations and Technology Committee of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association.

Deborah Brady
SVP, Finance Director
Deborah Brady was named senior vice president and finance director in December 2009. She joined Key Equipment Finance in 1988 as a senior accountant. Since joining the company, Ms. Brady has held various roles of increasing responsibility, including positions as assistant accounting officer, pricing analyst and vice president of pricing. In 1997 she was named vice president of market development and in 2000 was promoted to senior vice president of global pricing and economics. Ms. Brady has served as a member of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Financial Accounting Committee since 2001.

Jeremy M. Eaves
Vice President, Human Resources
Jeremy M. Eaves is vice president of human resources at Key Equipment Finance. In this role, he drives the global human resource direction of company. He joined Key Equipment Finance in 2005 after serving as a human resource consultant for ING. Prior to that, Mr. Eaves held positions at OppenheimerFunds and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is a member of the Human Resource Planning Society and of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Human Capital Committee, as well as, is a former board member of the Colorado Human Resource Association.