Nomura Strengthens Its Global Foreign Exchange Sales and Trading Team
London, 22 September 2008 – Nomura today announced it has made five new hires in the foreign exchange (FX) trading division of its Global Markets business.
James Lamb joins the firm and has been named as Head of FX Sales for London. Stephen Ware has been appointed in a senior FX sales role. Kai Herbert and Sami Amara both join as emerging market FX traders and Lofti Bensassi joins as an emerging market FX derivatives trader.
Kai Herbert joins from Bank of America and the remaining four previously worked at Bear Stearns. All five will be based at Nomura's European headquarters in London and will report to Bernd Broeker, Global Head of Emerging Market Foreign Exchange and Foreign Exchange Derivatives.
"Nomura has been presented with an opportunity to build on its position in the global currency markets and our latest hires underscore the firm's commitment to deliver solutions to our clients" says Fumihiko Kawano, Global Head of Foreign Exchange at Nomura. "We are aggressively expanding our capabilities in the FX markets and this fresh injection of intellectual capital provides us with the means to extend our trading operation and create value through a global platform."
The latest additions follow Nomura's recent appointment of Nicolas Gallet from Bear Stearns, in Singapore, as an emerging market FX spot and forward trader concentrating on South East Asian currencies.
The hires form part of Nomura's global initiative to establish London as its international currency product and trading hub and mark the next phase of the FX team's expansion.
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