New York, February 28, 2023 - Nomura Securities International, Inc. ("Nomura") announced today that Joshua Lukeman has joined as Managing Director and Head of US Delta One Index, where he will expand the firm's D1 Index and ETF products. He will also help bring additional expertise in related financing products to scale the broader US Equities offering.

Mr. Lukeman will initially focus on the client swap offering on equity indexes, sectors and ETFs, complementing Nomura's strong client franchise in single stock swaps, equity financing and cross-asset financing. He will also work to enhance the firm's principal facilitation and custom baskets products. Mr. Lukeman will be based in New York and report to Matthew Ferreira, Head of US Delta One and Equity Finance.

Samir Patel, Head of GM Sales Americas, said: "We are tremendously excited to have Josh lead our D1 index effort and look forward to a significant expansion of our client franchise and product offering under his leadership."

Prior to joining Nomura, Mr. Lukeman worked at Credit Suisse for over 18 years, spending time in various leadership and trading roles in the Equity Finance business. Most recently, Mr. Lukeman was Head of the Equity Finance group, responsible for overseeing multiple trading desks, including Equity Synthetics, ETF and Systematic Marketing Making.