From December 2016 until December 2019 Brian was International Group Director at AREP, a global architecture and urban planning firm that designs human, sustainable cities. AREP is part of the SNCF group. Brian was responsible for AREP's international strategic planning, oversaw its offices in Paris, Beijing, Shanghai, Hanoi, Dubai and Doha, and sat on its executive committee.Brian received his architecture degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and worked as a designer with Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham in Philadelphia. He moved to France in 1991 and worked with Ricardo Bofill and Dominique Perrault and Ateliers Jean Nouvel before joining AREP.