Bryan Harris
Chief Financial Officer
Bryan joined Alba in 2009 as Chief Internal Auditor and Risk Officer, reporting to the Board and Board Audit Committee, and indirectly to the CEO. In addition to his responsibilities in overseeing Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk management, he also led the development and implementation of the Integrity and Ethics program, including the Code of Conduct and Integrity Reporting hotline system.
Bryan was appointed Acting CFO on 4 December 2018, and was appointed CFO on 25 September 2019. As part of his role, Bryan oversees the Finance, Legal and IT departments, as well as serving on a number of subsidiary directorships and chairing a number of management committees.
Bryan is a qualified Chartered Accountant with 26 years of experience. He started his career with PWC, from which he had received a university scholarship. After a 2-year career interruption of community service in South Africa and Namibia, Bryan worked for 3 years for another big 5 accounting and auditing firm, before taking on a role as Financial Manager of a South African telecoms company.
Prior to moving to Bahrain, Bryan spent 10 years in international leadership roles in Internal Audit, Risk, Planning and Performance Management as well as Compliance and Ethics, in BP, one of the world’s largest energy companies. Five of these years were spent heading BP’s UK Internal Audit team, and his last role was as the Manager of Compliance & Ethics for BP Downstream Europe, Africa and Australasia.
Bryan is accompanied in Bahrain by his wife and two youngest children, while his oldest studies in the UK. Besides hanging out with his family, and serving in community roles, Bryan enjoys kayaking, hiking, reading, and participating in Ironman triathlons.