Executive Management Team

Jeanne Capachin, Vice President, Global Banking and Insurance

Jeanne Capachin is a Research Vice President for the Global Banking and Insurance practices. Capachin has more than two decades of experience working in and consulting to the banking industry. Capachin works with the global analysts to develop spending forecast methodologies and guides, authors research on a variety of topics, and oversees the IDC Financial Insights ranking programs.

Cyrus Daruwala, Managing Director, Asia/Pacific Research & Consulting

Cyrus Daruwala is the Managing Director for IDC Financial Insights, Asia/Pacific. He is responsible for growing the IDC Financial Insights footprint in Asia, their Research coverage as well as new the Advisory and Consulting business in the region. Cyrus brings with him more than 16 years of financial services experience and has a very close working relationship with most of the banks and financial institutions as well as vendors and service providers in the AP region.

Peter Farley, Managing Director, EMEA

Peter Farley is responsible for all IDC Financial Insights’ research, sales, marketing and conference activity in the EMEA region. Through Peter's direction, the IDC Financial Insights' European practices of Banking, Insurance, Capital Markets and Risk Management deliver valuable analysis in a timely manner to enhance clients’ business decision-making capability. With over 25 years of industry experience within global financial markets, Mr. Farley initially worked as an economic journalist and then as a capital markets analyst and independent consultant to suppliers of products and services to the investment community.

Brien Henderson, Vice President, Worldwide Sales

Brien Henderson has more than fifteen years experience in financial services technology related fields and over seven years of specific management consulting and research advisory service experience. Before coming to IDC Financial Insights, Henderson was director of sales, marketing, and client services at Boston-based consultancy, TowerGroup. His extensive experience helps him to advise financial institutions, vendor communities, and other consultancies about how to select appropriate continuous advisory services or engage in custom research.

David Potterton, Vice President of Global Research

David Potterton is Vice President of Research for the Global Banking, Insurance, Capital Markets and Risk Management practices. These advisory services cover retail banking, cash and treasury management, payment services, insurance, and core corporate banking technologies, as well as capital markets and risk. His 25-year career in financial services as a practitioner, market researcher, and consultant has involved extensive interaction within investment banking, corporate cash and treasury management, and retail banking operations. With his experience in both domestic and wholesale banking, product development, business development, and product management, Potterton understands not only the research business, but the specific challenges and opportunities that financial services firms face.