Barry West Email Address

Head of Emerging Technology

Financial Conduct Authority is a financial services company which provides Consumer protection, Market confidence and Financial stability.

A FinTech/RegTech expert who leads the exploration, design and implementation of ADGM’s FinTech strategy and initiatives focusing on equipping the Regulator with tools necessary to be effective in the digital age. He is instrumental in the creation and execution of projects such as the ‘Digital Lab’ (an online platform which enables Regulators, Financial Institutions and FinTechs to rapidly experiment and prototype in a controlled environment) as well as ‘Digital Regulations’ (an initiative that’s using natural language processing (NLP), machine learning and graph analysis to convert the current analogue regulation into a more fluid digital medium). Prior to joining the FSRA, Barry was a founding member of the U.K Financial Conduct Authority’s RegTech team running hackathon's (TechSprints) and RegTech focused initiatives.