Marlon Blake

Marlon has over 15 years of experience working in leadership roles in the not-for-profit, consulting, and financial services industries. He is currently the CEO of Optimal Growth Consulting, where he crafts the long-term vision and strategic direction of the business and provides consulting services for small businesses. Before that, Marlon worked in the Director, Finance position at ICES, where he provided financial and operational leadership, accounting expertise and guidance to the organization. He also worked in the Director of Finance position at ACT, where he provided strategic leadership and vision for the financial functions of the organization. In addition, he worked at the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan and Government of Bermuda. Marlon has strong leadership experience in financial reporting, strategic planning, analytics, risk management, process automation, governance, project management, mentoring and coaching people. Marlon holds a Master of Business Administration from Oxford Brookes University, CPA, CGA designation from CPA Ontario, and he is a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant.