Maine State Credit Union proudly welcomes Neal Blake as its next SVP, Chief Financial Officer

September 23, 2024. Maine State Credit Union proudly welcomes Neal Blake as its next SVP, Chief Financial Officer. Neal brings more than 15 years of banking and leadership expertise, specializing in accounting, financial reporting and analysis, budgeting, audit, forecasting, internal controls, and strategic planning, to this role. He has held key positions with Camden National Bank and Bar Harbor Bank and Trust, and most recently served as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Republic Bank.

Maine state Credit Union (“MSCU) is a $690MM community-chartered credit union, currently serving more than 36,000 Mainers. MSCU was originally founded in 1935 by a group of Maine state employees, under the name Maine State Employee’s Credit Union “to promote thrift among its members, by affording them the opportunity for accumulating their savings, and to create for them a source of credit for loans for provident and productive purposes.” Membership at the time was limited to employees within the State House building and their immediate families. Since then, the name changed to Maine State Credit Union and the charter was broadened to a community-charter, however the purpose of the Credit Union remains unchanged. MSCU continues to serve Mainers throughout the state with a field of membership encompassing 8 of the 16 counties in Maine, with the goal of serving all Mainers over the coming years. MSCU has been voted as a Best Place to Work in Maine for twelve years and Best-in-State Credit Union by Forbes Magazine for the past three years. MSCU is regulated by the NCUA and the State of Maine Department of Banking.

This executive search was managed by Moriah Maron, Director of Recruiting, and Cameron Boyd, Managing Partner.