Donald R. Draughon has been in investment banking for over 20 years. Previous to opening KeySource as President and CEO, Mr. Draughon was Managing Director/Senior Vice President for Anderson & Strudwick, Inc., a full service brokerage firm headquartered in Richmond, VA. Mr. Draughon also previously served as a Director for Smith River Community Bank in Martinsville, VA and Millennia Community Bank in Greenville, NC.
Prior to Anderson & Strudwick, Mr. Draughon was the Chairman and CEO of Convenience USA, Inc., an operator of over 250 convenience stores, from 1998 to 2002. During the mid-1990s, Mr. Draughon was a Managing Director with the investment banking firm of Baxter Fentriss. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Draughon was senior financial analyst for Montrose Capital, a merchant banking group. Mr. Draughon began his career in banking with Wachovia Bank from 1984 to 1989 as an Assistant Vice President in the Corporate Finance Group.
Mr. Draughon received an MBA from Wake Forest University’s Babcock School of Management in 1984 and a BA from Brigham Young University in 1982.