Bryan Zheng Zhang is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, and co-founder of Financial Innovation for Impact. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the UK Financial Conduct Authority since 2024, sitting on its Board Risk Committee and Audit Committee.
Zhang has led and co-authored over 50 regional and global fintech market and regulatory reports. His commentary has appeared in articles from a number of media outlets, including the BBC, the Financial Times, and City A.M..
He is a member of the Bank of England's CBDC Engagement Forum, the OECD's Steering Group on SME & Entrepreneurship Finance, the Dubai International Financial Centre's Innovation Panel, and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee. Additionally, he co-chairs the Future of Global FinTech initiative in partnership with the World Economic Forum.
In 2022, he was appointed by the Payment Systems Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority as the Independent Chair of a Strategic Working Group to help shape the future development of Open Banking in the United Kingdom
Bryan's academic background includes training in Economic Geography and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and at the University of Oxford.
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- John Beirne, James Villafuerte and Bryan Zhang (eds.),(2023), Fintech and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges, and Policy Priorities for Asia, Journal of Asian Economic Integration, Volume 5, Issue 1, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/26316846221150992
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- Innovate Finance, Retrieved 22/12/2024, Bryan Zhang, https://www.innovatefinance.com/profiles/bryan-zhang/
- The Bretton Woods Committee, (2023), Bryan Zhang, https://www.brettonwoods.org/article/bryan-zhang
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- World Economic Forum, Retrieved 22/12/2024, The Future of Global Fintech,https://www.weforum.org/centres/centre-for-financial-and-monetary-systems/projects/the-future-of-global-fintech/
- Payment Systems Regulator, (2022), Bryan Zhang appointed Chair of Strategic Working Group for Open Banking, https://www.psr.org.uk/news-and-updates/latest-news/news/bryan-zhang-appointed-chair-of-strategic-working-group-for-open-banking/
- Financial Conduct Authority, (2022), 'FCA and PSR, Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee co-chairs, appoint Bryan Zhang as Strategic Working Group Chair', https://www.fca.org.uk/news/news-stories/fca-and-psr-joint-regulatory-oversight-committee-co-chairs-appoint-bryan-zhang-strategic-working
- Scottish Financial News, (2022), Bryan Zhang appointed independent chair of strategic working group, https://www.scottishfinancialnews.com/articles/bryan-zhang-appointed-independent-chair-of-strategic-working-group
- Centre for Science and Policy, Retrieved 22/12/2024, Bryan Zheng Zhang, https://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/bryan-zheng-zhang/