2009 Board of Directors
Chairman
Henry L. Meyer III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
KeyCorp
Henry L. Meyer III is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of KeyCorp.
Mr. Meyer joined the former Society National Bank (now Key) in 1972, and was given positions of increasing responsibility in the credit and commercial banking departments. In 1984, he transferred to Dayton, where he ultimately became president of Society Bank, National Association.
Mr. Meyer returned to Cleveland in 1987 after being elected executive vice president of Society Corporation and senior executive vice president of Society National Bank, responsible for Society's Retail Banking sector. He was elected vice chairman of the board of Society National Bank in 1989, and was elected its president and chief operating officer in 1990. Mr. Meyer was elected chief executive officer of Society National Bank in 1993 and was elected its chairman of the board in 1994. He was elected vice chairman of the board and chief banking officer of Society Corporation in 1991. Mr. Meyer was elected senior executive vice president and chief banking officer of the new KeyCorp in 1994 and was elected its chief operating officer in May 1995. He was elected vice chairman of the board of KeyCorp in September 1996, president in May 1997, and chief executive officer in February 2001. Mr. Meyer was elected chairman of the board of KeyCorp in May 2001.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in econometrics from Colgate University in 1972 and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University in 1978.
Active in Cleveland's civic and cultural life, Mr. Meyer serves on several boards in the greater Cleveland area including The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Law Enforcement Foundation, Inc., Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education, United Way Services of Greater Cleveland, and ideastream (WVIZ/PBS and WCPN). He is chairman of the Board of Trustees of University School, a board member of University Hospitals Health System, Inc., as well as immediate past chairman of the board of directors of both University Hospitals Health System, Inc. and University Hospitals of Cleveland. In addition, Mr. Meyer serves as a director of Continental Airlines, Inc., and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.