He is a Co-Founder and the Executive Director of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. The CCAF conducts FinTech market research in 190+ countries covering marketplace lending, digital assets, digital payments, open banking, open finance, digital public infrastructure and Ai, working with 5000+ FinTechs. Bryan has co-authored more than 60 impactful industry and policy reports on financial and regulatory innovation nationally, regionally and globally.

The CCAF collaborates closely with more than 330 central banks and regulatory authorities on evidence-based research, innovation and digital transformation. Its online capacity building and education programmes has trained more than 3,600 central bankers, regulators and policymakers from 160 jurisdictions.

Bryan joined the Board of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in February 2024 for an initial three-year term as a Non-Executive Director. Bryan is also a member of Bank of England’s CBDC Engagement Forum, IMF’s FAS Advisory Group, OECD’s Steering Group on SME & Entrepreneurship Finance, Central Bank of UAE’s Financial Inclusion and Literacy Advisory Group, Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DIFC) Innovation Panel and the Bretton Woods Committee. He co-chairs the Future of Global FinTech Initiative, a collaboration between CCAF and the World Economic Forum. He was also a final round judge for G20 TechSprint and regulatory hackathons.

Bryan is a Co-Founder of Financial Innovation for Impact (Fii), an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to the acceleration of regulatory, supervisory and infrastructure innovation globally. Bryan has delivered more than 100 public lectures and keynote presentations in international industry, academic and policy forums. He was educated at Cambridge and Oxford Universities.