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Paul A. Larkins
President and Chief Executive Officer, Key National Finance
Chief Executive Officer, Key Equipment Finance
Paul Larkins holds the dual role of president and chief executive officer of Key National Finance and chief executive officer of Key Equipment Finance. Key National Finance is the umbrella organization for KeyCorp’s national businesses and includes Key Equipment Finance (which operates internationally). Larkins had previously held the position of senior executive vice president, Key Equipment Finance and had also been senior vice president of KeyBank U.S.A., N.A. Prior to joining Key in 1993, Mr. Larkins held various executive positions at USL Capital and IBM. Mr. Larkins serves as immediate past chairman of the board of directors for the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association (ELFA). Additionally, he is active on the University of Colorado’s Leed’s School of Business Advisory Council.
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Adam D. Warner
President, Key Equipment Finance
Adam Warner was named president of Key Equipment Finance in September 2007. Mr. Warner had been president and chief operating officer of the company’s commercial leasing services business since October 2006. He joined Key Equipment Finance as president and chief operating officer of the company’s express leasing services business in August 2001. Prior to joining Key, Mr. Warner served as senior vice president of sales and marketing at Mellon Leasing Corporation where he had worked since 1988. Prior to that position, Mr. Warner was vice president and chief operating officer. He also held the position of operations manager at McDonnell Douglas Finance Corp. from 1985-1988.
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Melisa Carter
SVP, Corporate Development
Melisa Carter joined Key Equipment Finance in 1994 as vice president, Corporate Development, and was promoted to senior vice president in 1998. Prior to joining Key, she spent 14 years at US Leasing International, Inc., in San Francisco, where she held various business and marketing development positions ending with director of marketing for US Equipment Financing. Ms. Carter is a member of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation research committee and active with the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association as a coordinator for Key Equipment Finance.
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Michael J. Swartz
Managing Director, Key National Finance Lease Advisory and Distribution Services
Michael Swartz was named managing director of Key National Finance’s Lease Advisory and Distribution Services in March 2008. Mr. Swartz joined Key National 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.
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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.
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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, Canada 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.
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Lori G. Frasier
SVP, Human Resources and Administration
Lori Frasier was named senior vice president of Human Resources and Facilities Management in 2003. In this role Ms. Frasier is responsible for the worldwide human resources and facilities functions of Key’s equipment financing units. She is chair of the ELFA Human Resources task force and serves on the Compensation and Diversity Steering committees.
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Andrew G. Mesches
EVP and Chief Risk Officer
Andy Mesches holds the dual role of executive vice president and chief risk officer of both Key National Finance and Key Equipment Finance. Key National Finance is the umbrella organization for KeyCorp’s national businesses and includes Key Equipment Finance (which operates internationally). 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.
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Philip G. Schultz
SVP, Global Business Development and Strategic Planning
Phil Schultz was named senior vice president of Global Business Development and Strategic Planning in July 2003. He had previously served as senior vice president for Key Government Finance and Key’s Canadian operations. From 1997 - 2001, Mr. Schultz headed up Key’s Asia Pacific global vendor leasing organization while living in Hong Kong and Sydney. Mr. Schultz joined Key as part of its acquisition of Leasetec Corporation in 1997, where he had been vice president of Unisys Leasing Corporation. He had also worked at Burroughs Corporation for many years and held a variety of planning, corporate finance and acquisition positions. Mr. Schultz serves on the Vendor Programs Business Council of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association.
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Richard Tinnon
SVP and CFO
Rich Tinnon holds the dual role of senior vice president and chief financial officer of both Key National Finance and Key Equipment Finance. Key National Finance is the umbrella organization for KeyCorp’s national businesses and includes Key Equipment Finance (which operates internationally). He joined Key in March 2005. Prior to joining Key, he was director of financial planning and analysis for Silicon Valley Bank in Santa Clara, California. Previously, he worked in various financial roles for GATX Capital in San Francisco, including vice president and treasurer. Mr. Tinnon had also been an auditor at Touche Ross and Co. (now Deloitte and Touche)
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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.

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