Bio

Ken Gavrity is President of Key Commercial Bank. In his current role, Ken is responsible for directing strategic growth, business development, and servicing activities across Key’s footprint for the Commercial Bank, targeting clients and prospects with annual revenue size of $10M - $1B. In addition, Ken is responsible for the strategy, development, and distribution of Key’s commercial payment offerings including Treasury Services, Commercial Card, International Trade and FX, Merchant Services and Payments Fintech partnerships. Previously, Ken served as Head of Product & Innovation for Enterprise Payments. Prior to that, Ken was SVP of Corporate Strategy where he joined Key in 2012. In this capacity, Ken served as a partner to the business, ensuring alignment with the KeyCorp strategy, providing leadership across various business initiatives, acquisitions, and divestitures, and facilitating the strategic planning process. Ken has been a Board Observer for multiple Fintech companies including AvidXChange, Instamed, and BillTrust. He was also a Board Director for The Clearing House Payment Company. Ken has a long history in financial services, including roles with Ernst & Young, where he was a Senior Manager in the Transaction Advisory Services group assisting executive teams with a broad range of transaction and strategy related activities, corporate development roles at National City Corporation, and capital markets experience as a Fixed Income Analyst at Federated Investors. Ken earned his B.A. in Economics from Allegheny College and M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University. He also earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation.