Nomura Announces Co-Heads of Fixed Income Sales, EMEA
London, July 26, 2010 – Nomura, the global investment bank, has today announced the appointment of Guy Cornelius and Raffaele Ricci as Co-Heads of Fixed Income Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Both will be based in London and will report to Georges Assi and Kieran Higgins, Co-Heads of Fixed Income, EMEA.
Cornelius and Ricci will be responsible for the flow and structured sales forces across all of Nomura's Fixed Income products and geographies in the EMEA region. They will define the vision and strategy for the firm's client franchise and partner with the bank's trading, structuring and research functions to ensure efficient operations across all businesses.
"We are very confident that Guy and Raffaele will further grow our very strong sales force, and help deliver our leading products to all our clients in EMEA." said Georges Assi and Kieran Higgins, Co-Heads of Fixed Income, EMEA.
Guy Cornelius has over 20 years of industry experience and joins Nomura from Evolution Securities where he was Head of Fixed Income. Prior to this, he worked as a senior relationship manager at Lehman Brothers focusing on global top tier accounts across the institutional investor and hedge fund client bases. Guy has also served as head of Fixed Income sales at UBS.
Raffaele Ricci joined Nomura in 2008 and most recently held a dual role as Head of Solutions Sales and Co-Head of Sales for Southern Europe and the Middle East. He has nearly 20 years of industry experience and has led highly successful teams in each of his roles. Raffaele has also served as Head of the Structured Solutions Group at Lehman Brothers.
Cornelius and Ricci will work closely with their global counterparts to strengthen Nomura's Fixed Income offering to clients. Nomura is committed to increasing depth in its existing businesses while strategically broadening its franchise into new markets as it achieves its goal of becoming the next generation investment bank.
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