The chief financial officer at fintech company Wise has quit the company to “focus on recovery” after being run over by a bus while cycling.

Matt Briers said he wanted to focus on healing after the accident more than a year ago.

Mr Briers, who had not previously disclosed the extent of the incident, said it had been “a quite horrible accident where I went under the wheels of a bus”.

Wise first disclosed that Mr Briers had been in a cycling accident last February. The money transfer company appointed an interim finance chief 15 months ago, though Mr Briers formally returned to the role in May last year.

However, he said on Monday he would be leaving the company after eight years as his “focus will shift to making a full recovery”.

Mr Briers, 46, will step down by March next year and the company will begin searching for a replacement immediately.