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KeyBank expands family office banking team

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February 19, 2026

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KeyBank has expanded its family office and private capital team led by Ward Nixon, a commercial lending executive in Overland Park, Kansas.

It has hired on four leaders to support the middle market of family offices and private equity, according to a press release.

The hires are:

• Andrew Hendricks, senior relationship manager.
• Chris Tallent, senior payments advisor.
• Judy Evans, senior commercial analyst.
• Aadam Hazlett, associate portfolio manager.

"We're making a deliberate investment in the middle market by building capabilities that reflect how our clients actually operate," Ken Gavrity, president of Key Commercial Bank, said in the release. "Family offices are increasingly influential capital providers and owners — they require sophisticated banking relationships that integrate capital markets, commercial banking, and wealth advisory. We've built a destination platform that attracts elite teams like Ward's because we can deliver that coordination through one relationship team. This is a differentiated service for a differentiated client segment."