KeyCorp's Beth Mooney is set to retire as chairman and CEO next year, nine years to the day that she first stepped into the role.
Mooney, 64, will be succeeded by Chris Gorman, vice chairman and president of banking and the leader of KeyCorp's 2016 integration of First Niagara Financial Group Inc. in Buffalo.
Effective immediately, Gorman has been appointed president and chief operating officer.
The announcement was made Thursday afternoon following a vote by KeyCorp's board of directors to put…