Kulesz will manage Nomura’s trading desk and institutional investors by offering insights pertaining to the macroeconomic forces affecting Argentina and Venezuela.

Nomura Latin American Credit Trading head Adam Groothuis said that the appointment of Javier will strengthen the company’s sovereign credit trading effort.

Prior to accepting the current job, Kulesz was working as chairman of UBS’ office in Buenos Aires and chief economist covering Latin America with responsibility for all economic research publications in the region.

He joined UBS in 2000 and before that he worked at Fleet Boston where he was a Latin sovereign analyst and head FX and local markets strategist.

Based in Tokyo and with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York, Nomura caters various services optimized to the specific requirements of individual, institutional, corporate and government clients through an international network in over 30 nations.