Nomura continues momentum with new hires

Nomura strengthened its offerings in the region with five new appointments to the Asia ex-Japan Investment Banking Division.

Glenn H. Schiffman, Head of Investment Banking for Asia ex-Japan, commented: "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."

Dan McNamara has been appointed 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. Prior to joining Citigroup, he worked at Smith Barney and Prudential Bache. Mr. McNamara has an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor Degree from Georgetown University.

Daniel Yap is joining Nomura as Head of Insurance Solutions Group. Mr. Yap was previously with The Royal Bank of Scotland as Managing Director, Financial Institutions Sales for Asia Pacific where he led its regional insurance client coverage and solutions business.

Graham Conran has joined Nomura 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 Nomura as Executive Director, to focus on South East Asia real estatecoverage based in Singapore. She was most recently Head of Strategic Planning and Business Development with Parkway Holdings responsible for acquisition and development origination activities across Asia and the structuring and the IPO of the Parkway Life REIT.

Reginaldo Cariaso is joining Nomura 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.