CLEVELAND, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY)
announced that L. Waters will be joining the bank as General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective July 6, 2021. Mr. Waters will lead Key's
Law Group and serve as the company's senior legal officer.
"James is a seasoned legal professional with significant
experience, having served as General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary. His experience and skill-set in the critical areas of
law and banking, will be essential as we continue to grow our
company," said Chris Gorman,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KeyCorp.
Mr. Waters brings more than 20 years of experience in corporate
law with a focus on finance. Prior to joining Key, he served as
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Cullen/Frost Bankers,
Inc. Previously, Mr. Waters was a partner at Haynes and
Boone, LLP where he spent eighteen years as a corporate lawyer
representing banks and corporations.
Mr. Waters serves on the boards of the San Antonio Symphony and
the Center for American and International Law, as well as the Board
of Advisors for the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at the
University of Texas Health Science
Center.
Mr. Waters graduated from Harvard
Law and Columbia University and
has been admitted to the bar in both New
York and Texas.
About KeyCorp
KeyCorp's roots trace back 190 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 $176.2
billion at March 31, 2021. 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 1,100
branches and more than 1,400 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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