Beth Mikes

Beth Mikes is Head of Debt Capital Markets at KeyBanc Capital Markets, where she leads six divisions responsible for originating, structuring, underwriting, pricing, and managing debt solutions across the credit spectrum. Her teams deliver syndicated loans, private placements, investment‑grade and high‑yield bonds, and Unitranche financing, supporting Key’s Institutional Bank, Middle Market franchise, and Real Estate Capital business. The groups she oversees include Syndicated and Leveraged Finance, Real Estate Syndications, Loan Syndicate & Sales, High Grade/High Yield Capital Markets, Banking Group Portfolio Management, and the Unitranche joint venture.
Beth began her career at Key in 1996 in Corporate Banking Finance and joined Syndicated Finance in 1998, where she structured and originated debt transactions across the Energy (utilities, renewables, oil and gas), Consumer, and Industrial sectors. She has also covered Middle Market and Native American Financial Services and has experience in commercial real estate loan structuring and distribution. During six years in Seattle, she built the syndication platform for Technology, Diversified, and Middle Market clients before returning to Cleveland in 2006. Her leadership roles have included ABL Originations and integrating Corporate Syndication and Leveraged Finance into an industry-aligned model. She was named Head of Debt Capital Markets in 2023.
Beth serves on KeyCorp’s Executive Council and multiple risk and credit committees, including chairing the Debt Capital Markets Distribution Risk Committee. She is also a Director of the Miami University Foundation, serving on the Investment Committee and chairing the Audit and Finance Committee. Beth holds a BA from Miami University, an MBA from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, and FINRA Series 24, 7, and 63 licenses.