Executive Leadership & Macro Strategist Team | BCA Research

Our Executive Team

Our senior managers that lead global staff in setting and executing the strategy for BCA Research.

Chief Executive Officer, BCA Research

Eric Jaffe was appointed Chief Executive Officer of BCA Research on November 27, 2023. Eric was previously Managing Director and Global Head of Content at GLG, a private equity-owned expert-access...

Chief Financial Officer

Danay Lea was appointed Chief Financial Officer on August 11, 2025. A global finance and operations executive with over 15 years of leadership experience across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and...

Chief Operating Officer

AungMaw Lwin is the Chief Operating Officer of BCA Research. AungMaw has more than a decade of experience in the PE ecosystem, either driving growth at PE-backed firms or conducting commercial due...

Dennis Metcalfe

Senior Vice President, Sales Operations

Dennis Metcalfe is Senior Vice President of Sales Operations and a member of the Leadership team. He has been with BCA since 1994, originally joining to manage the circulation department and...

Chief Technology Officer

Shannon Lal is BCA Research's Chief Technology Officer. Shannon is an experienced technology executive who combines leadership experience across Fortune 500 companies and hands-on work at high-growth...

Chief People Officer

A bilingual people-and-culture leader, Sophie brings over 20 years of experience heading human resources organizations at McKesson, Solina, and GE. Skilled at aligning HR initiatives with business...

Chief Revenue Officer

Kurt Viehl is Chief Revenue Officer at BCA Research, where he leads the firm's global commercial strategy. He brings more than two decades of strategic leadership, sales, and management experience...

Our Research Team

Chief Investment Strategist & Head of GeoMacro

Marko Papic translates geopolitical and macroeconomic trends into actionable investment implications through a framework he calls GeoMacro. Marko leads the firm’s premier client offering, BCA Access,...

Chief Research Solutions

Garry is Head of Research Solutions, managing the content of BCA’s research and its delivery to clients. From 2015-2025, he was Chief Strategist for Global Asset Allocation, BCA’s portfolio...

Melanie Kermadjian

Director of Research Solutions

Melanie Kermadjian has spent over two decades working across finance and macro research. At BCA Research, she progressed from Analyst to Associate Editor before moving into the role of Director of...

Our Strategists

Our research team is supported by an environment conducive to independent, non-consensus thought.

Chief Economist & Head of CoreMacro | Global Macro

Peter is BCA’s Chief Economist and Head of CoreMacro. He leads the firm’s efforts to analyze global macroeconomic trends and their implications for financial markets. He also designed the firm’s...

Arthur Budaghyan

Head of CoreMacro

Arthur is the Platform Head of CoreMacro. He joined BCA in 1999 and has held the Chief Strategist role since 2005, managing investment strategies that span four asset classes – equities, currencies,...

Head of Portfolio Construction

Juan helps Chief Investment Officers and asset allocation teams answer one of the most critical questions in investing: how to structure a global multi-asset portfolio to maximize risk-adjusted...

Head of GeoMacro | Geopolitics, US Politics, Policy

Matt Gertken helps investors understand how geopolitical and political developments impact markets and portfolio positioning. His work focuses on identifying risks and opportunities from policy...

Roukaya Ibrahim

Chief Commodity Strategist | Commodities

Roukaya Ibrahim helps institutional investors navigate the macroeconomic, policy, geopolitical, and thematic forces shaping commodity markets and their implications for portfolios. As BCA Research's...

Jonathan LaBerge

Chief Strategist | Special Reports

Jonathan helps institutional investors navigate complex macro environments through high-conviction thematic research. His work focuses on cross-asset analysis and identifying inflection points that...

Head of Portfolio Construction | Portfolio & Private Markets

Brian Payne helps investors understand the risks, opportunities, and portfolio implications across private markets and alternative investments. His work focuses on developing forward-looking views...

Chief Strategist | Europe

Jeremie helps global investors navigate the unique challenges and opportunities presented by European markets. His work combines high-quality macroeconomic research with thematic investment insights...

Head of Essentials

Doug Peta helps investors efficiently apply macro analysis to their investment processes. His approach to investment strategy is founded on the study of cycles and is meant to cut through the barrage...

FX Strategist | FX

Artem Sakhbiev helps investors navigate global currency markets and identify investment opportunities across time horizons. His work combines a multidisciplinary approach to assessing the structural...

Mathieu Savary helps investors understand the forces shaping the global economy and their implications on markets around the world. He concentrates on the evolution of policy risk, liquidity, capex...

Chief Strategist | China

Jing Sima helps investors navigate China's economic policy landscape and identify investment opportunities amid structural shifts in the world's second-largest economy. Her work focuses on...

Chief US Bonds Strategist | US Fixed Income

Ryan helps investors position US bond portfolios to deliver the best possible returns for the macroeconomic environment. His work focuses on teaching investors how to extract meaningful signals from...

Chief Strategist | Global Fixed Income

Robert helps fixed income investors navigate cyclical swings in global interest rates and debt markets. His work focuses on translating macroeconomic analysis into actionable portfolio positioning...

Noah Weisberger

Head of Equities

Noah Weisberger helps investors understand how macroeconomic regimes, earnings dynamics, valuations, and sector leadership shape U.S. equity market returns and portfolio positioning. His work focuses...