London, November 27, 2023—Nomura has appointed Jérôme Brochard as Global Head of QIS Structuring and EMEA Head of QIS Distribution, with immediate effect.

Mr. Brochard joins Nomura from Credit Suisse, where he was the Global Head of Institutional QIS Structuring, bringing over 25 years of industry experience to this newly created role.

In this new position, Mr. Brochard will be responsible for leading the development and distribution of Nomura's Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) across asset classes and trading strategies. Mr. Brochard will report jointly to John Goff, Global Head of Structuring, and Gary Hyman, Head of EMEA Global Markets Sales, and will be based in Paris.

"We are delighted to welcome Jérôme to Nomura," said John Goff. "His extensive experience and expertise in quantitative investment strategies will position us well to diversify our capabilities and support greater client wallet capture. We are confident that Jérôme will play a key role in driving the growth of our QIS business, which is a key product offering for our clients and a targeted growth area for the bank."