KeyBank recently announced that Commercial Sales Leader Matthew Hummel has been appointed market president for its Connecticut and Massachusetts region. In addition to continuing to lead Key”™s commercial banking team of lenders in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts, Hummel will now take on the responsibility of overseeing and coordinating KeyBank”™s go-to-market strategy across its various lines of business and serve as the face and voice of Key in the community. He continues to report to James Barger, who has assumed a new role as commercial banking executive ”“ New England, leading Key”™s commercial banking activities throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
“Matt is exceptionally customer- and community-focused, with proven leadership qualities, in-depth market knowledge and a collaborative approach to enterprise banking,” said Barger. “He has earned himself a reputation of being one of the highest-performing bankers in the region and I am confident he will represent KeyBank extremely well as market President.”
Hummel joined KeyBank in 2020 and has more than 30 years of commercial banking experience, primarily with Bank of America”™s Global Commercial Banking group. He earned a bachelor”™s degree from Colby College and holds an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Hartford.
KeyCorp”™s roots trace back nearly 200 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, it is one of the nation”™s largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $181.2 billion as of March 31