Donald Leedom Joins Key as Global Treasury Management Team Leader for Northeast Ohio

CLEVELAND, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KeyBank announced today that Donald L. Leedom II has joined the Global Treasury Management Group as a senior vice president and team leader. Leedom, who is based in Cleveland, is responsible for coordinating the efforts of KeyBank's Global Treasury Management Northeast Ohio sales team.

Leedom has 20 years of experience in the banking industry, including lending, cash management, retail branch management, sales management and relationship banking. He earned professional designation as a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) from the Association of Financial Professionals in 1997.

"Coordinating and managing our sales process in Northeast Ohio is vitally important as we work to expand our client base and increase our market coverage," said Jane O'Connor, senior vice president and national sales manager, KeyBank Global Treasury Management. "Don's experience and industry knowledge will help to support our efforts in delivering a first class client experience every time."

Most recently, Leedom was vice president and regional sales manager in the Corporate Treasury Management group at U.S. Bank in Cincinnati, where he managed the sales and consulting team serving key markets throughout Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Among his areas of responsibility were small business, middle market, large corporate, leasing, international/global services, government banking, corporate trust, private banking, institutional custody, specialized lending/asset-based lending, correspondent banking and dealer services. Previously, Leedom was a vice president and treasury management consultant for U.S. Bank and a vice president and business relationship manager for National City Corporation. He began his career with Mid-America Federal Savings & Loan. Leedom holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and a Bachelor of Science degree in banking from Franklin University, Columbus, Ohio.

Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $90 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally.