Cyrus Daruwala

Managing Director, Financial Insights Asia/Pacific

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Cyrus Daruwala is the managing director for Financial Insights Asia/Pacific Research and Consulting practice, which covers all corporate and consumer oriented financial products (banking, brokerage, investments, and insurance) and their underlying technology solutions in the region.

Industry Expertise

Daruwala has more than 12 years of financial services experience, with over 10 of those years in the Asia Pacific region. He has worked with banks and vendors to help them better understand their customer base and create effective go-to-market strategies. His understanding of a range business, market, regulatory and investment-related issues enables him to work closely with financial institutions, consultants, vendors, and government agencies on various multidisciplinary initiatives. Daruwala 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.

Background

Before joining Financial Insights, Daruwala was Director, Global Client Services, with a local research and publication firm and was instrumental in growing proprietary and subscription-based research along with the events and editorial businesses. He also served in senior management positions with Marcus Evans, a conference company. He worked with Wells Fargo for nearly four years as a foreign exchange and bullion trader, and before that he was a private banker with Midland Bank. Before moving to Singapore in 2000, Daruwala lived and worked in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, and Australia.

Education and Industry Affiliations

Daruwala has a master of business finance, economics, and business law degree from Sydhnam College, and he is a School of Commerce graduate with accounts, political sciences, and business planning as specialist subjects. In addition, he has advanced his studies through a two-year, comprehensive, on-the-job training program in leveraged foreign exchange and bullion trading, with further coursework at the International Monetary Market on fund displacement, investment strategies, insurance and trust planning.

Research Authored by Cyrus Daruwala

Indonesian Banking in 2007: Take Note of These 10 Important Issues
Michael Araneta, Cyrus Daruwala
March, 2007 - Doc # FIN206169      NewsFlash
This Financial Insights NewsFlash discusses 10 important issues that banks and technology vendors seeking to take advantage of the bright prospects offered by the Indonesian market should take note of...

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Day 2 Presentations: FinTech Asia Summit: March 23/24, 2006
Cyrus Daruwala, Douglas Jaffe, Jeanne Capachin, Li-May Chew, Maggie Scarborough, Michon Schenck, Michael Araneta, Abhishek Kumar
March, 2006 - Doc # FIN_0241      Event Proceeding
Financial Insights' first FinTech Asia Conference was held on March 23 and 24, 2006, in Bangkok, Thailand, and attracted 400 attendees to discuss the state of financial services technology in the regi...

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Day 1 Presentations: FinTech Asia Summit: March 23/24, 2006
Cyrus Daruwala, Douglas Jaffe, Jeanne Capachin, Li-May Chew, Maggie Scarborough, Michon Schenck, Michael Araneta, Abhishek Kumar
March, 2006 - Doc # FIN_0240      Event Proceeding
Financial Insights' first FinTech Asia Conference was held on March 23 and 24, 2006, in Bangkok, Thailand, and attracted 400 attendees to discuss the state of financial services technology in the regi...

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