Clark H. I. Khayat

Clark Khayat serves as Chief Financial Officer of KeyCorp, one of the nation’s largest bank‑based financial services companies. He is a member of Key’s Executive Leadership Team and Executive Council, overseeing the company’s Finance organization. In addition, Clark oversees Key Technology and Operations Services (KTOS), strengthening alignment between financial stewardship, technology, operations, and enterprise execution.

Prior to his current role, Clark served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for KeyCorp, where he was responsible for corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic investments. In this capacity, he also oversaw Corporate Treasury, Financial Planning & Analysis, Line of Business Finance, and Investor Relations.

Clark brings a unique background spanning business, law, consulting, and investment banking. His hands-on operating experience was earned while at Key as Group Head of Commercial Payments. In that capacity, he applied his consulting and advisory experience directly into day-to-day management decisions of running a business while redesigning and implementing a new strategic direction for the business. Prior to his role in Commercial Payments, Clark led Corporate Strategy at Key.

Earlier in his career, Clark was Senior Controller of Personal Lines for the Progressive Corporation, where he was responsible for all aspects of its $13.5 billion personal lines (auto, special lines, and home partnership) business performance. During his tenure at Progressive, he also served as business leader for corporate development, capital management, and investor relations activities.

Clark has held additional senior leadership roles in strategy and finance, including at National City Corporation (now PNC), where he led Corporate Finance and Strategy and Corporate Planning. Prior to his corporate leadership roles, Clark was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.

Clark is an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University and has served in a variety of board and advisory roles, including as a board member of BuyerQuest, a Cleveland‑based SaaS company in the procure‑to‑pay space. He has also served as a Director of Akoya, LLC, a data aggregator, as a Board Observer for SaaS companies, including AvidXchange and InstaMed, and as a board member of The Clearing House Payments Company (PayCo), a financial services consortium comprised of the nation’s 25 largest financial institutions.

Clark holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Dartmouth College and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.