Septimus Blake

Septimus Blake

About Septimus Blake Director

Septimus Blake is an accomplished financial services executive and former CEO of National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited. He brings over 25 years of demonstrated expertise in strategy formulation, disciplined execution, and building high-performance, resilient institutions across one of the Caribbean’s largest financial groups.

Septimus is a proven leader in driving transformation, profitability, and operational excellence, with deep governance experience across multiple regulated boards and chairmanship of committees overseeing IT strategy, fraud prevention, compliance, and enterprise risk.

A respected industry advocate and former president of the Jamaica Bankers Association, he is recognized for shaping national banking policy, advancing payment systems, and strengthening sector competitiveness. Septimus combines technical mastery in treasury, payments, and digital innovation with strategic foresight, and has a track record of aligning complex business units to ambitious performance and growth outcomes.