About Canbry
Canbry provides research and analysis services to support investment, acquisition and strategic decisions; and to produce thought leadership content - research reports, white papers and articles.
Practical insights distinguishes Canbry from many research companies. No theoretical or academic exercises.
Canbry provides research and analysis services to support investment, acquisition and strategic decisions; and to produce thought leadership content - research reports, white papers and articles.
Practical insights distinguishes Canbry from many research companies. No theoretical or academic exercises.
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About the founder - Paul Bryant
I started Canbry Research to apply the skills and experience gained throughout my career to assist clients with their investment, acquisition and strategic decisions, combining:
An engineer by qualification, I joined McKinsey after business school and cut my teeth during the DotCom boom and bust. I gained strategy, operations and corporate finance experience across a range of sectors and developed deep analytical skills. A fascinating time for a first exposure to M&A and valuation!
I left McKinsey to pursue an entrepreneurial career path. I co-founded and for 7 years was Managing Director of a successful construction insurance underwriting agency, raising capital at the start-up stage of this venture, leading it through a merger and later negotiating an exit transaction to a large insurance and financial services group.
During this time I co-founded a second underwriting agency in the construction guarantee field. I developed the business plan, raised start-up capital, recruited the management team and served as a non-executive director for 6 years before the business was acquired.
I later took on a role as a Senior Dealmaker for a multi-national insurance group, sourcing and evaluating strategic investments, pitching investment proposals to the group board and managing the equity transactions. I also took on a number of non-executive roles in investee companies.
I have been a passionate angel investor, making 5 investments with 2 successful exits, one investment progressing well and 2 failures. The successes and especially the failures have provided an invaluable lesson in gaining experience of assessing pitches for funding and in investment performance monitoring.
I started Canbry Research to apply the skills and experience gained throughout my career to assist clients with their investment, acquisition and strategic decisions, combining:
- start-up, executive management, M&A and investment experience,
- strategic, financial and operational analysis skills,
- extensive insurance sector experience.
An engineer by qualification, I joined McKinsey after business school and cut my teeth during the DotCom boom and bust. I gained strategy, operations and corporate finance experience across a range of sectors and developed deep analytical skills. A fascinating time for a first exposure to M&A and valuation!
I left McKinsey to pursue an entrepreneurial career path. I co-founded and for 7 years was Managing Director of a successful construction insurance underwriting agency, raising capital at the start-up stage of this venture, leading it through a merger and later negotiating an exit transaction to a large insurance and financial services group.
During this time I co-founded a second underwriting agency in the construction guarantee field. I developed the business plan, raised start-up capital, recruited the management team and served as a non-executive director for 6 years before the business was acquired.
I later took on a role as a Senior Dealmaker for a multi-national insurance group, sourcing and evaluating strategic investments, pitching investment proposals to the group board and managing the equity transactions. I also took on a number of non-executive roles in investee companies.
I have been a passionate angel investor, making 5 investments with 2 successful exits, one investment progressing well and 2 failures. The successes and especially the failures have provided an invaluable lesson in gaining experience of assessing pitches for funding and in investment performance monitoring.