Nomura Announces Changes to Management Lineup
Tokyo, March 12, 2009 – Nomura Holdings, Inc. today announced a number of changes to its lineup of executive officers as well as key management changes at its international subsidiaries. All appointments are effective as of April 1, 2009.
Hiromi Yamaji will remain as Global Investment Banking CEO but will move to London to run Nomura's global investment banking operations from the firm's European headquarters.
Yugo Ishida, currently chairman of Nomura Europe Holdings, Nomura Asia Holding and Nomura Holding America, will return to Japan to take on the position of executive vice president at Nomura Asset Management.
Hiromasa Yamazaki, currently senior managing director at Nomura Securities and head of Global Equities, will become senior corporate managing director at both Nomura Holdings and Nomura Securities and take on the newly created role of Global Markets deputy CEO. The position of head of Global Equities will be taken over by Naoki Matsuba who will move from London to New York to run the Global Equities business from Nomura's headquarters in the Americas.
In Asia, president and CEO of Nomura Asia Holding, Yoshihiro Fukuta, will return to Japan to head up Nomura's Group Internal Audit operations. Minoru Shinohara will remain as president and CEO of Nomura International (Hong Kong) and will take on the position of president and CEO of Nomura Asia Holding.
Masahide Hoshino, currently a managing director in Nomura Securities investment banking operations, will move to Hong Kong as co-head of Investment Banking, Non-Japan Asia. The current co-head of Asia Investment Banking, Non-Japan Asia, Toshiyasu Iiyama, will return to Japan to run the Syndicate Department at Nomura Securities.
Tsukasa Miyachi, currently head of Singapore Wealth Management, will be appointed regional head of Wealth Management based in Singapore. Kunio Watanabe, the current head of Wealth Management in the region, will move to Nomura Asset Management in Tokyo as senior managing director in charge of advisory fund management.
Shigeki Fujitani will be appointed deputy CFO and will also concurrently report to the head of Corporate Planning.
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