$732M community bank’s new CEO has strict orders: Don’t sell

Kyle DeCicco's task is to grow and expand Sanibel Captiva Community Bank. And while post-Ian opportunities abound, he also has to carefully mix in caretaking of a successful legacy brand.


  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 5:00 a.m. April 21, 2023
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Kyle DeCicco joined Sanibel Captiva Bank in 2016.
Kyle DeCicco joined Sanibel Captiva Bank in 2016.
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Kyle DeCicco expected to chat about banking when he met Sanibel Captiva Community Bank President and CEO Craig Albert for lunch in early 2016. A commercial loan officer then in his early 30s, DeCicco was eager to learn about how Albert built Sanibel Captiva, known as SanCap, into one of the top-performing small community banks nationwide. 

Albert, instead, wanted to talk about swimming when the pair sat down at Cru at Bell Tower Shops in Fort Myers 

 

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