Jacob Jegher

Senior Analyst
Banking

jjegher@celent.com

Jacob Jegher, based in Montreal, Canada, is a senior analyst within Celent's banking group. Mr. Jegher's research focuses on emerging technologies and business strategies in retail and wholesale banking, including IT spending and trends, IT security, customer relationship management and strategy, cash management, small business banking, and cross-border payments.

He is the primary author of Celent's annual global IT spending report, as well as the banking CIO survey and model bank report. His recent consulting work involves advising executive teams on issues ranging from IT strategy to vendor selection.

Mr. Jegher has been widely quoted in the press including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, the Associated Press, the Globe & Mail, and the Financial Post. He is an experienced speaker and has presented at several national conferences and corporate events, including the NACHA Payments and BAI Retail Delivery conferences.

Before joining Celent, Mr. Jegher was an analyst for BCE Emergis, where he was responsible for business strategy as well as market and competitive intelligence. Previously, he held the position of manager of information systems at Research One International, a healthcare consulting and market research firm based in Canada.

Mr. Jegher earned a bachelor of commerce in finance and management information systems from McGill University. He is fluent in English, French, and Hebrew.