H.E. Mr. Ryan Straughn
Minister in the Ministry of Finance of Barbados
Ryan Straughn is a Minister in the Ministry of Finance of Barbados. He is the founder and Managing Director/CEO of ABELIAN Consulting Services. He is a former Central Bank of Barbados economist with over 10 years’ experience modelling the macroeconomic business cycle and assessing the stability of the financial system. He spent 4 years at the Central Bank of Barbados modelling the economy of Barbados and has consulted on rebasing the Barbados economy since leaving the institution. Ryan joined the risk management department of Motability Operations (UK) in 2006, as its Asset Risk Analyst, where he conducted extensive risk analytics and economic capital modelling on the company’s portfolio worth £3.7 billion with annual turnover of £2.2 billion. In 2009, he formed our predecessor, ABELIAN Associates in the UK, where he provided consulting services for companies such as MasterCard Europe, HSBC and Zurich.