Bill Blackie
Chief Executive, Business & Commercial Banking
B.Com (Rhodes University), LLB (Rhodes University), MBA (UCT), AMP (INSEAD),
Digital Savvy Board Program (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Program in Sustainable Finance and Climate (Change SOAS University of London)
CURRENT ROLE APPOINTMENT:
2022
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Bill Blackie joined Standard Bank Group in 1999 as a Corporate Finance Specialist before becoming Head of Corporate Finance (South Africa) in 2006.
- He served as Head of Investment Banking, South Africa, in 2009 and was later appointed Deputy Group Head of Investment Banking in 2012, in conjunction he ran CIB South Africa Coverage during this period.
- In 2015, he was appointed Group Head of Investment Banking and, for a period, also served as Head of Investment Banking in London.
- He was appointed as the Chief Executive for Business & Commercial Banking in 2022.
MEMBERSHIPS:
He serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Stanbic Bank Ghana.