Darrin Benhart

Darrin Benhart is the Chief Risk Officer of KeyCorp, responsible for Key's risk management functions, including credit, market, compliance, and operational risk, as well as portfolio management and asset recovery activities. Darrin reports directly to Chris Gorman and is a member of KeyCorp's Executive Leadership Team and Executive Council. He is vice chair of the Enterprise Risk Management Committee.

Darrin joined Key in July 2022, as Head of Enterprise Risk Management, following a 30-year career at the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), U.S. Treasury, where he most recently served as the Climate Risk Officer. He previously was the Deputy Comptroller for Credit and Market Risk as well as the Deputy Comptroller for Supervision Risk Management.

In these roles, Darrin served as Chair of the OCC’s National Risk Committee, leading a team of executives to identify and prioritize national bank system risks, as well as set regulatory policy working with both national/international regulatory agencies. He was responsible for supervisory activities at numerous large banks, developing and conducting examination strategies to assess governance and risk management frameworks. He served as the keynote speaker at several industry events and lent his expertise on numerous high profile regulatory panels at conferences.

Darrin holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Northern Iowa and is a Commissioned National Bank and Federal Savings Association Examiner.