He is married to Helena Perry (née Nyberg), and they have two daughters. Brian Perry has engaged in a wide variety of sporting and social activities, including squash, Rugby union in Colombia, windsurfing, flying aeroplanes, horse-racing, three-day eventing, polo, amateur dramatics, playing jazz, cooking, photography and painting. He remains an active polo player,[28][29] and was Chairman of the Nairobi Polo Club, the Manyatta Polo Club and the Kenya Polo Association and Chief Steward of the Jockey Club of Kenya.