Colin Bryan
{{short description|British businessman|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| name = Colin Bryan
| honorific_suffix = OBE
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| birth_name = Colin Edward Jarrom Bryan{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/580999/new-years-honours-2017-full-list.pdf|date=30 December 2016|accessdate=30 December 2016|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|title=New Year's Honours list 2017|page=24}}
| birth_date = 1948
| birth_place = England, UK
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| occupation = Businessman
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| spouse =
| relatives = Andrew Bryan (brother)
Jane Bryan (sister)
| children =
| parents = George Bryan
Vera Bryan
}}
Colin Edward Jarrom Bryan {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} is a British businessman who was the managing director of Drayton Manor Resort.Comdevelopment Ltd. [https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/drayton-manor-park "DRAYTON MANOR PARK LIMITED"]. companiesintheuk.co.uk. He rose to the position of managing director in 1973.
Career highlights
Colin Bryan took the reins of the then Drayton Manor Theme Park in 1973, with his brother Andrew and sister Jane taking on respective roles in the company, and his mother Vera Bryan retaining a prominent position.
He has installed rides and attractions at the park, such as Shockwave, Apocalypse, Stormforce 10 and Thomas Land, which have helped the park gain recognition, and become the fifth most visited theme park in the United Kingdom.Telegraph (8 April 2004) [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2882473/Family-firm-thats-made-a-business-out-of-having-fun.html Telegraph: Family firm that's made a business out of having fun]. The Daily Telegraph The family has ploughed more than £30m in the park, with a new ride or attraction added every year.
Personal life
Colin Bryan was born in London in 1948,Duedil (1 January 2011) [https://archive.today/20130815184906/https://www.duedil.com/director/916016425/colin-bryan Duedil: Mr Colin Bryan]. Duedil and was brought up in the world of the theme park industry.
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External links
- [http://www.draytonmanor.co.uk/ Official website]
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