Bryan Pearce

Bryan joined Ernst & Young (then Clarkson Gordon) ("E&Y") in London, Canada upon graduation from Western University with an Honours Business Administration degree from the Ivey Business School in 1981. He obtained his Canadian Chartered Accountant designation in 1983 and was admitted into the partnership in 1991. Bryan served a number of high growth private and public companies in an audit and advisory capacity with E&Y in London until he transferred with the firm to launch the Corporate Finance & Entrepreneurial Services practice for E&Y in the Caribbean in 1994 - a practice which he built and grew until leaving Barbados in December 2000. While in the Caribbean, Bryan launched the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program in Barbados and Trinidad.

Bryan transferred to the Boston office of E&Y in the beginning of 2001 to design and launch the US Firm's new Venture Capital Advisory Group ("VCAG") initiative which was designed to take E&Y to a market leadership position serving leading US & Israeli VC firms and their portfolio companies.  He also led the Northeast Strategic Growth Markets Practice (VC, PE, IPO and Russell 2000 market segments) between 2003 and 2009 while also serving as Coordinating Partner on a number of accounts, including Philips North America.

Before retiring from EY in 2019, Bryan was the Global Leader of Entrepreneurship for EY, and his responsibilities included leading the firms EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program globally.

Currently, Bryan serves as an Advisory Board member and Advisor to a number of private companies and organizations.