Nomura Appoints New Regional Heads in Global Investment Banking
Tokyo, October 31, 2008 – Nomura Holdings, Inc. today announced the appointment of new regional line heads in its Global Investment Banking operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
In Europe, Middle East and Africa, Christian Meissner and William Vereker will be appointed Heads of Investment Banking and Yoshiyuki Numano will take on the position of Co-Head of Investment Banking. In Asia-Pacific ex-Japan, Glenn H. Schiffman will be appointed Head of Asia-Pacific Investment Banking and Toshiyasu Iiyama will be appointed Co-Head of Asia-Pacific Investment Banking based in Hong Kong.
The new senior managers will play an integral role in combining the respective strengths of Nomura and the former Lehman Brothers to create a world-class investment banking platform.
Nomura has maintained a leading market share in Japan-related mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets for several years, while Lehman more recently held leading M&A positions in Asia and Europe with a broad client base. The integration of these businesses will continue Nomura's evolution into a global investment banking power house.
Nomura continues to work quickly to combine other parts of the acquired Lehman Brothers businesses with its existing operations and will make further announcements on progress in due course.
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