Nomura’s Patrick Kwan leaves amid Asia management reshuffle

In line with an inner Nomura memo seen by FinanceAsia, Patrick Kwan, Nomura’s head of funding banking, Asia ex-Japan (AEJ), has determined to go away his management function on the financial institution “to pursue different pursuits.”

In line with the inner memo, Kwan, who joined Nomura in January 2022 from Credit score Suisse, helped “solidify” the financial institution’s funding banking franchise in AEJ, positioning IT for “the anticipated upturn in exercise throughout the area and for sustained profitability”. 

Because of Kwan’s departure, Jwalant Nanavati, at present Nomura’s head of funding banking, Southeast Asia, and head of Technology, media and companies (TMS), AEJ, will develop into head of funding banking, AEJ. He’ll proceed in his function as head of Southeast Asia, with further accountability for East Asia.

All modifications are efficient from July 17, 2024. 

Singapore-based Nanavati will associate with Andrew Macgonigal, who will develop into co-head of funding banking, AEJ, along with his function as head of funding banking, Australia, and CEO of Nomura Australia. Macgonigal will proceed to develop the financing and options platform throughout AEJ. 

Akihiro Koseki, will even stay as co-head of funding banking, AEJ and drive the connection with Japan. Nanavati and Macgonigal will report back to Patrice Maffre, Nomura’s worldwide head of funding banking, “functionally” and “regionally” to Kenji Teshima CEO, Nomura Asia Pacific Holdings. 

In line with the memo, Navanati will drive Nomura’s consumer technique with a deal with rising its advisory productiveness, whereas driving financing and options cross-selling alternatives.

The AEJ area can be led by a newly established govt committee: Nanavati; Macgonigal; Koseki; Amit Thawani, Nomura’s head of funding banking, India, and Erik Tung – Nomura’s head of funding banking, China. The manager committee will coordinate carefully with Pei Shen Chou, Nomura’s head of advisory, AEJ, and Alister Moss, interim head of CFS, AEJ, to make sure alignment between its protection and product efforts throughout the area, the memo stated. 

The committee will work carefully with the AEJ wholesale management crew to “allow cross-divisional alignment and connectivity” in keeping with the memo. The memo was signed by Nomura’s Masahiro Goto, world head of funding banking, Teshima and Maffre. 

In line with reviews there have been round 10 job losses at Nomura on account of the modifications in Hong Kong and mainland China, the place IT has an workplace in Shanghai and a consultant workplace in Beijing, though the financial institution declined to touch upon this when approached by FA.  

In line with the agency’s web site, in Asia ex-Japan, Nomura has workplaces in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, mainland China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and the UAE.

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