Nomura has announced five new appointments to the Asia ex-Japan investment banking division, to strengthen its offering to clients in the region, as a part of its strategic expansion.
Dan McNamara has been appointed as head of financial institutions group and head of real estate. He was previously at Citigroup over a 14 year period in a variety of roles. Most recently, he served as co-head of global investment banking, Asia-Pacific.
Daniel Yap is joining as head of insurance solutions group. The insurance solutions group in Asia is a new unit established jointly by the global finance business within the investment banking division and the fixed income division. This group is based in Singapore. M. Yap was previously with The Royal Bank of Scotland as managing director, financial institutions sales for Asia Pacific.
Graham Conran has joined as head of debt origination. He spent 10 years with JP Morgan prior to joining Nomura, most recently as head of debt capital markets origination emerging Asia, based in Hong Kong. Oi Yee Choo has joined as executive director, to focus on South East Asia real estate coverage based in Singapore. She was most recently head of strategic planning and business development with Parkway Holdings. Reginaldo Cariaso is joining as executive director, focusing on equity capital markets. He was previously executive director for equity capital & derivatives markets at JP Morgan based in Hong Kong.
Glenn Schiffman, head of investment banking for Asia ex-Japan, said: “We continue to attract top talent to our team at Nomura. The new hires represent our efforts to augment areas of strategic importance and support the business momentum we have built across the region.”
