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Henry L. Meyer III is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of KeyCorp. He has been a member of KeyCorp's Board of Directors since 1996.
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.
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. 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. 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. Meyer was elected chairman of the board of KeyCorp in May 2001.
Meyer 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 Meyer serves on several boards in the greater Cleveland area. He serves as a trustee of The Cleveland Museum of Natural History Law Enforcement Foundation Inc. Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education and ideastream (WVIZ/PBS and WCPN). He is chairman of the board of trustees of United Way of Greater Cleveland and University School. Meyer is 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. He serves as a director of Continental Airlines Inc. and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. | 