In connection with this, Atsushi Yoshikawa, currently CEO of Nomura’s Asset Management division, has been moved to New York and named as president and CEO of Nomura Holding America as well as chairman, president and CEO of Nomura Securities International.
As CEO for the Americas, Yoshikawa will focus on accelerating Nomura’s growth plans in the region.
Naoki Matsuba, currently Americas CEO and joint head of global equities, has been relocated to Tokyo to focus solely on leading Nomura’s equities business in partnership with London-based Benoit Savoret.
In Asset Management, Toshihiro Iwasaki, currently deputy president of Nomura Asset Management, has been appointed as CEO of the asset management division and chairman and CEO of Nomura Asset Management.
Yugo Ishida, currently deputy president of Nomura Asset Management, will be new president and COO of Nomura Asset Management.
Nomura president and CEO Kenichi Watanabe said that these appointments reflect firm’s commitment to building a highly competitive franchise in the key US market and taking its global equities business to the next level.
Nomura said all appointments are effective from 1 June 2011, and are subject to local regulatory approvals.
