About me
Ryan McCarthy has more than 20 years of leadership experience in evidence-informed strategy. He is currently the Director of Player Health at BCLC, a Crown Corporation that conducts and manages gambling in the province of British Columbia.
Under his leadership, Ryan provides strategic direction and guidance for BCLC’s full suite of player health programing, including ways to increase safer play and reduce potential harms across all lines of BCLC’s business.
Ryan specializes in helping people and organizations achieve better decisions through research and data. He has provided strategic advice to senior leaders and decision-making bodies across the healthcare and academic sectors in Canada to advance public policy, clinical practice, and personal health decision-making. This has been accomplished by building multi-sector relationships that bring together diverse stakeholders working together to achieve impact.