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Clark Khayat

Organizer · DISC type Sd
CFO Advisory Board Member at Bain Capital Ventures
📍 Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Clark Khayat is the Chief Financial Officer of KeyCorp, overseeing all finance operations. His unique background spans law, investment banking, consulting, and corporate strategy, with prior leadership roles at Progressive and National City Corporation. He holds a J. D. from the University of Pennsylvania and an A. B. from Dartmouth College.

Outside of his primary role, Clark is deeply involved in academia and community. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at Case Western Reserve Universitys Weatherhead School of Management and is a board trustee for ideastream, a public media organization. He has previously guided his students in consulting projects for non-profits.

He has also taken on leadership of KeyBanks technology and operations functions as of March 2026.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
CFO Advisory Board Member
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Personality Overview

How Clark shows up

Strong-minded
Somewhat Formal
Slow Starter

Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together.

Priorities

Topics Clark cares about

Corporate Strategy
As the former Chief Strategy Officer, he was responsible for corporate strategy, mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments at KeyCorp, including niche acquisitions like Laurel Road.
Fintech & Payments
He established Key's enterprise payments and Fintech partnership strategies and has served as a board member or observer for several SaaS and payments companies like Akoya and AvidXchange.
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Career

Work history

5-2024
CFO Advisory Board Member
Bain Capital Ventures
2-2020
Board Member
Akoya LLC
1-2020
Board Trustee
ideastream
1-2017
Adjunct Professor
Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
2016
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Occom Ridge Partners, LLC
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1993 - 1996
J.D.
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
1989 - 1993
A.B.
Dartmouth College
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

S

Steadiness (S)

Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.

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