Senior Managing Directors include Executive Managing Directors and Senior Managing Directors of Nomura Holdings, Nomura Securities SMDs, as well as group SMDs appointed by the Nomura Holdings Executive Management Board.

 

As of April 1, 2026
83 members

Name

Position

Kentaro Okuda

President and Group CEO of Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Representative Director and President of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Yutaka Nakajima

Representative Executive Officer, Deputy President of Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Representative Director, Deputy President of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Toshiyasu Iiyama

Executive Officer, Deputy President of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Chief of Staff and Head of China Committee

Representative Director, Deputy President of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Christopher Willcox

Executive Officer, Deputy President of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Head of Wholesale and Chairman of Investment Management (based in New York)

Go Sugiyama

Executive Officer, Deputy President of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Head of Banking

Masahiko Amemiya

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Wealth Management Solutions

Shiro Aoki

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Global Markets Fixed Income Sales

Steven Ashley

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Chairman of Laser Digital Holdings AG (based in London)

Akito Bato

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Executive Management Headquarters, Investor Relations and Chairman of Disclosure Committee

Shinichiro Eguchi

Global Markets Equities (based in London)

Masaya Endo

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Corporate Finance

John Goff

Global Head of Structuring [Nomura International plc]

Masahiro Goto

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Head of Executive Management Headquarters

Representative Director, Deputy President of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Executive Management Headquarters

Manabu Himeda

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Investment Management

Kazue Hirano

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Wealth Management Channel, Branch Management and Well-Growing Institute

Tetsuya Hiraoka

Executive Vice President of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Japan Head of Global Markets and Joint Head of Global Rates

Akio Hori

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., CIO (Chief Information Officer)

Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of IT and Information Security Officer

Yuko Horiuchi

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Group Finance

Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Finance

Takeshi Hosoda

Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Nagoya Branch Office

Emiko Iizuka

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Regional Financial Institutional and Public Sector Clients, Alliance Branch Management and Global Markets Corporate Section Marketing

Yosuke Inaida

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Head of Digital Company

Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Digital Company

Munehiro Itani

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Joint Head of Global Operations

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Operations and Wealth Management IT

Motohiro Kamijima

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Corporate Finance

Rig Karkhanis

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Head of Global Markets (based in Singapore)

Sotaro Kato

Executive Officer of Nomura Holdings, Inc., CRO (Chief Risk Officer) (based in New York)

Director, Executive Vice President of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Risk Management

Satoshi Kawamura

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., CEO and President of Nomura Holding America Inc. (based in New York)

Yoshifumi Kishida

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Executive Management Headquarters, Group Management and Regulatory Affairs, CSuO (Chief Sustainability Officer) and Financial Education

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Corporate Management and Regulatory Affairs, Head of Sustainability and Financial Education

Mitsutaka Kitamura

Chairman of the Board, Nomura Orient International Securities

Takumi Kitamura

Executive Officer of Nomura Holdings, Inc., CTO (Chief Transformation Officer)

Representative Director, Deputy President of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Transformation

Hiroyasu Koike

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Head of Investment Management

Masato Kohno

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Executive Management Headquarters, Executive Management, Resilience and Global Regulatory Affairs

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Executive Management and Resilience

Masataka Kunugimoto

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Head of Content Company

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Content Company

Shawn Lytle

CEO of Nomura Asset Management International Inc.

Naohiro Mae

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Digital Company and Wealth Management Division Marketing

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Digital Company and Wealth Management Division Marketing

Patrice Maffre

International Head of Investment Banking [Nomura International plc]

Hideharu Mihara

Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Wealth Management Products and Solutions

Naotaka Minami

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Corporate Strategy

Yutaka Mogi

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Investment Management

Takako Mori

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., General Counsel and CCO (Chief Compliance Officer)

Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Legal and Compliance

Yoshio Morita

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Private Wealth Management Channel

Hiroyuki Moriuchi

Executive Officer of Nomura Holdings, Inc., CFO (Chief Financial Officer)

Director, Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Finance

Tomohisa Murakami

Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Investment Banking Product

Satomi Nagai

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Corporate Finance and Business Development/IPO (Joint)

Hideyuki Narahashi

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Corporate Finance

Tetsuhiro Nishi

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Global Markets Head of Japan Equities

Takazo Nishihara

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Group Corporate Services

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Corporate Services

Yusuke Nishikawa

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Wealth Management Channel and Branch Management

Kei Nitta

Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Investment Banking Product

Masaaki Nomura

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Global Markets Planning

Shogo Ohira

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Vice Chairman of Nomura Europe Holdings plc (based in London)

Takashi Okamoto

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Investment Management

Toru Okuzawa

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Group Internal Audit

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Internal Audit

Yukihiko Ono

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Wealth Management Channel and Branch Management

Hideki Oyama

Vice Chairman of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Central Japan Coverage

Yukiko Ozaki

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer) and CHO (Chief Health Officer)

Director,  Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Human Resources

Samir Patel

Head of Global Markets Sales [Nomura Securities International, Inc.]

Alistair Phelps

Strategy (Wholesale, Investment Management) [Nomura Securities International, Inc.]

Vincent Primiano

CEO and President of Nomura Securities International, Inc.

Ravi Raju

Head of International Wealth Management [Nomura Singapore Limited]

Ross Rowbury

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Group Corporate Communications

Hideki Sakata

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Group Compliance

Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Compliance and Internal Control Supervisory Manager

Daisuke Sakurai

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Private Wealth Management Channel

Nags Sankaranarayanan

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Representative Director and CEO of Nomura Asia Pacific Holdings Co., Ltd. (based in Singapore and Hong Kong)

Daisuke Sasaki

Executive Vice President of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Osaka Branch Office

Hiroki Shiga

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Corporate Finance

Kenichi Suzuki

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Investment Management

Gordon Sweely

Global Head of Securitized Products and Private Credit [Nomura Securities International, Inc.]

Osamu Tachiwada

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Corporate Finance

Nobuyuki Taguchi

Group IT and Digital Company

Shohei Takahashi

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Group Risk Management

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Risk Management

Tomohiko Takahashi

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Private Wealth Management

Kenji Takeda

Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Private Wealth Management Channel and General Manager of Head Office

Kenichi Takehira

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Regional Financial Institutional and Public Sector Clients, Head of Alliance, Business Development/IPO (Joint)

Tsutomu Takemura

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Global Head of Investment Banking

Representative Director, Deputy President of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Investment Banking

Hiroshi Tanigaki

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Group Corporate Communications

Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Corporate Communications

Kenji Teshima

Executive Vice President of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Japan Head of Investment Banking

John Tierney

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., CEO of Nomura Europe Holdings plc and CEO of Nomura International plc (based in London)

Akihito Tobari

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Head of Wealth Management

Director, Executive Vice President of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Head of Wealth Management

Nat Tyce

EMEA Head of Global Markets and Joint Head of Global Rates [Nomura International plc]

Kenji Yamaga

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Investment Management

Simon Yates

Global Head of Equities [Nomura Securities International, Inc.]

Keita Yorifuji

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., Wealth Management Planning and Marketing

Toshiya Yoshida

Senior Managing Director of Nomura Holdings, Inc., Group HR Strategy & Talent Management

Senior Corporate Managing Director of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., HR Strategy & Talent Management