Christos Kytzidis
Managing Director,
KeyBank Specialty Finance Lending
Expertise:
Relationship management, innovative transportation/equipment finance solutions, formulating and executing strategies to achieve corporate objectives.
Chris brings more than 30 years providing asset-backed financing solutions to specialty finance enterprises, focusing on transportation and equipment lessors. He has advised and financed scores of established and start-up platforms, guiding them through senior structured debt financing strategy to support balance sheet growth and access to capital markets.
Since joining KeyBank’s Specialty Finance Lending platform in 2010, Chris has developed the Transportation Asset vertical within Specialty Finance Lending, progressively building relationships with investors and lessors of aircraft, aircraft engines, railcars, and shipping containers.
Chris began his career in transportation asset finance with CoreStates Bank in Philadelphia in 1994, followed by roles at National City/PNC.
Chris is based in Philadelphia and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Villanova University and a juris doctorate from Temple University Law School.