Chris Kelley
Executive Vice President & Chief Credit Officer
513.323.7158 Direct
Chris Kelley is a deeply experienced credit leader that has led centralized commercial underwriting and portfolio management teams since 1994. He was a Chief Credit Officer for National City Commercial Capital and Provident Bank Leasing (1999-2008) and was responsible for credit policy, procedures, strategy, and overall risk management for a diversified $6 billion portfolio. He was a Credit Executive for PNC Equipment Finance (2008-2017) where he managed the lending and portfolio activities for the Vendor Finance and Aviation Finance business units. Chris is a longstanding member of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation Research Committee. He is a graduate of Missouri State University with a B.S. in operations management and completed additional post graduate management studies at the University of Michigan.