Nomura Appoints Co-Heads of Leveraged Finance for the Americas
New York, July 19, 2010 – Nomura Securities North America LLC, today announces the appointment of Julie Persily and Steven Seltzer as managing directors and Co-Heads of Nomura's Leveraged Finance Group in New York. Nomura is committed to strategically broadening its US Investment Banking client coverage and to achieve this has started a significant hiring program due for completion by year-end. Persily's appointment is subject to receipt of required registrations and licenses.
Persily and Seltzer will be jointly responsible for marketing, originating and delivering Leveraged Finance solutions to Nomura's growing number of clients in the Americas. They will help to drive Nomura's client-focused, solutions-driven strategy in the region.
"We are pleased Julie and Steven are joining Nomura," said Glenn H. Schiffman, Head of Investment Banking, Americas. "As leaders in Leveraged Finance with proven track records, Nomura's corporate clients will benefit from their wealth of experience."
"Julie and Steve strengthen the capabilities of our Global Acquisition and Leveraged Finance practice which continues to be a key component of our Investment Banking strategy", adds Philippe Dufournier, Head of Global Finance at Nomura.
Julie Persily joins Nomura from Citigroup where she was previously co-head of leveraged finance and head of acquisition finance. Persily's clients included some of the largest private equity firms and Fortune 500 companies. She has deep knowledge of leveraged finance origination, with particular emphasis on financial sponsors, and has spent valuable time at Bankers Trust and Drexel Burnham Lambert.
Steven Seltzer joins Nomura from North Sea Partners where he marketed specialist financial advisory services to financial sponsors and high yield investors, and previously at Morgan Stanley where he was a managing director, global head of the high yield syndicate and co-chair of the leveraged finance commitment committee.
Earlier in his career, Seltzer worked at Credit Suisse First Boston and before that at Goldman Sachs.
Persily and Seltzer will work closely with Luca Tassan and Patrice Maffre, Co-Heads of Leveraged Finance in EMEA as well as Graham Conran, Head of Leveraged Finance in Asia ex-Japan strengthening Nomura's Global Leveraged Finance team capability.
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Nomura
Nomura is a leading financial services group and the preeminent Asian-based investment bank with worldwide reach. Nomura provides a broad range of innovative solutions tailored to the specific requirements of individual, institutional, corporate and government clients through an international network in over 30 countries. Based in Tokyo and with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York, Nomura employs over 26,000 staff worldwide. Nomura's unique understanding of Asia enables the company to make a difference for clients through three business divisions: retail, wholesale (global markets, investment banking, and other wholesale), and asset management. Nomura's subsidiaries in the US include Nomura Securities International, Inc. and Nomura Securities North America, LLC, its investment banking arms in the United States, and members of SIPC. For further information about Nomura, please visit www.nomura.com.
