Key Equipment Finance promoted Shawn Arnone to group head and senior vice president of the company’s newly-formed manufacturer and government alliances business division. In this role, he will oversee the group’s government finance activities, which include the municipal finance, federal finance and municipal bond finance segments. Arnone also will continue to lead Key Equipment Finance’s commercial vendor business division.

Arnone has more than 30 years of experience in the equipment finance industry, including more than a decade of experience at Key Equipment Finance, most recently serving as a senior vice president leading the commercial vendor finance business across the organization’s IT, healthcare, industrial and specialty vehicle segments.

Prior to his role at Key Equipment Finance, Arnone served in equipment financing roles with Canon Business Solutions, CIT (formerly Direct Capital Corporation), RBS Citizens Asset Finance and EverBank Commercial Finance.