Billy Bryan

Billy Bryan (he/him) is an evaluation and research leader at RAND Europe. He has five years of experience in monitoring and evaluation with specific focuses on science, technology, and innovation policy, green innovation, research and innovation (R&I) and business support for COVID-19 and international development.

Prior to joining RAND, he was a senior consultant at Technopolis Group and led monitoring and evaluation training for BEIS analysts on theory-based evaluation approaches. He managed an impact evaluation of BEIS demand-side response programme as part of its Smart Systems portfolio using contribution analysis and process tracing. He recently completed a market study for the Royal Academy of Engineering's Policy Fellowships. He was deputy project manager on the impact evaluation of UKRI's R&I response to COVID-19, and worked with Ipsos on the framework for BEIS' response to COVID-19. He managed a complex theory-based (contribution analysis and process tracing), multi-stage impact evaluation of Innovate UK’s Newton Fund programme. He has also contributed to studies on consumer rights in the EU and to several business support evaluations (e.g. for BeTheBusiness, SIAs).

Bryan has particular expertise in applying theory-based evaluation in complex multi-phase evaluations. He completed his Ph.D. in medical education at Sheffield Medical School. He is a Trustee at Sussex Students’ Union and an advisory board member of the Cardiovascular Research Trust.