Bruce Blake’s Bio / Job Talk

Posted by Bruce Blake 
on Nov 14, 2010
 

Bruce was born on 13 February 1970 in Montego Bay, Jamaica and moved to the Cayman Islands at a very young age. He attended West Bay Primary School for a short period before transferring to Wesleyan Christian Academy. After receiving a two-year dosage of good Christian values (and the paddle), Bruce went on to the Cayman Islands Middle School and then to the Cayman Islands High School. Upon graduation from the Cayman Islands High School, he attended sixth form for two years and then the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida where he received a bachelor's of science in accounting.

Upon graduation from the University of South Florida, Bruce returned to the Cayman Islands and got a job with Price Waterhouse as a staff accountant specialising in the audit of international banks and mutual funds. During this time, he qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Georgia, USA. After two and a half years with Price Waterhouse in Grand Cayman, he transferred to Price Waterhouse New York, USA and then to Price Waterhouse Toronto, Canada.

 

After four years at Price Waterhouse, he transferred to Maples and Calder and was employed as a financial controller. Whilst in the Finance Department, he attended the Cayman Islands Law School where he received an LLB (Hons) from the University of Liverpool. He was accepted to the courts in the Cayman Islands in November 2007 and joined the Structured Finance Department of Maples and Calder specialising in general finance and structured finance matters. In 2008, he transferred to the Maples and Calder London office for a two year tour-of-duty and returned to the Cayman Islands in April 2010.

 

Bruce has served on the Trade and Business Licensing Board and is currently the Chairman of the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands and a director on the Board of Governors of the University College of the Cayman Islands. He is also the General Secretary of the Cayman Islands Football Association and became a member of Rotary Sunrise after hearing about the club’s literacy programme. Whilst at the University of South Florida, he was part of a group of volunteers whom travelled to the inner city to read to inner city youth.

 

Bruce is of the opinion that in order to have a successful society you must have a literate community.