James M. Bradburne is a British-Canadian Architerct. General Director of the Pinacoteca di Brera and National Braidense Library since July 2015. He has been called at this role through the international selection of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, an initiative of Minister Dario Franceschini. During the same competition, the general direction of the Uffizi Gallery was also assigned to Eike Schmidt.