Dr. Ryan Clements is the Director of Advanced Research and Knowledge Management at the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) and is the current Chair of the Financial Innovation Hub with the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA). He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law, where he teaches Fintech Law and Policy. He received his Doctorate in Juridical Science (SJD) at Duke University Law School, where his dissertation focused on post-crisis financial product innovation. He obtained a Master of Laws (LLM), Magna Cum Laude, from Duke University Law School, an LLB (with Distinction), and a BA Economics (Honors, First Class) from the University of Alberta. Prior to his current appointment with the ASC, he was an Assistant Professor, Chair Business Law and Regulation at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law, and Managing General Editor, and special fintech co-editor, of the Banking and Finance Law Review. He was previously a Senior Policy Advisor at the ASC, a member of the crypto-asset working group of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC, now CIRO), the New Economy Advisory Committee at the ASC, and the inaugural CSA Investor Advisory Panel. He has advised various levels of government, and numerous companies, on fintech, crypto and securities matters. He has practiced corporate and securities law at both large and boutique firms in Calgary and Toronto, and is a member of both the Law Society of Alberta and Ontario. He has published and spoken extensively on numerous topics in fintech, crypto, securities and derivatives regulation and law in Canadian, international, U.S., and peer-reviewed law reviews, chapters and anthologies. In 2022, he was commissioned to write an expert report on cryptocurrency governance for the Canadian federal government’s Public Order Emergency Commission.
