Executive Director

National Angel Capital Organization

Throughout his career, both in Canada and the UK, Bryan J. Watson has been a champion of entrepreneurship as a vector for the commercialization of advanced technologies. Upon his return to Canada in 2004, Bryan established his venture development consulting practice to help emerging-growth companies overcome the barriers to success they face in the Canadian commercialization ecosystem.

As demonstrated by his concurrent roles as Executive Director of a number of non-profit emerging-growth venture-fostering organizations including the National Angel Capital Organization, CEO Fusion Centre and BioCEO Canada, Bryan takes an active role in the entire entrepreneurial spectrum, from idea-generation to financing to liquidity event. Bringing youth and vigour to the commercialization sector, Bryan, as co-founder of the 4th Pillar Council, is actively engaged in turning the Ontario Commercialization Network into a globally competitive, efficient, commercialization engine capable of transforming advanced Canadian innovations into market-ready technologies and companies.

After concluding his BA (Hons.) in Economics at the University of Western Ontario, Bryan went on to complete his Masters in Management, Economics and International Relations at St. Andrews University, Scotland on the only full British Council Chevening Scholarship awarded in Canada. During this time he also worked with the Scottish Institute for Enterprise, fostering entrepreneurship and venture development on the local and national level.