{"id":31205,"date":"2013-11-14T09:29:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T08:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/mobilite\/nomura-strengthens-investment-banking-team-in-the-americas-with-six-managing-director-appointments\/"},"modified":"2013-11-14T09:29:58","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T08:29:58","slug":"nomura-strengthens-investment-banking-team-in-the-americas-with-six-managing-director-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/asset-management\/mobilite\/nomura-strengthens-investment-banking-team-in-the-americas-with-six-managing-director-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomura Strengthens Investment Banking Team in the Americas with  Six Managing Director Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cNomura has significantly increased its investment banking capabilities in the Americas and is<br \/>\ncommitted to continuing its growth trajectory in strategic areas, where it can focus the strengths<br \/>\nof the firm and offer real value to clients,\u201d<\/em> said James DeNaut, Head of Americas Investment<br \/>\nBanking and Joint International Head of Investment Banking. <em>\u201cWe are very pleased to be adding<br \/>\nsuch experienced and talented bankers to our platform,\u201d<\/em> DeNaut added. <\/p>\n<p>Edward Aitken has joined Nomura as Head of Americas Retail investment banking with<br \/>\nresponsibility for coverage of US-based retailers across the hardlines, consumables and<br \/>\nsoftlines sub-sectors. He has over 17 years of banking experience including senior roles at<br \/>\nMerrill Lynch, where he was a Managing Director in the retail group and led the western<br \/>\nconsumer industries practice, RBC Capital Markets and, most recently, Viant Group. <\/p>\n<p>Richard Eisenberg has joined Nomura as Head of Media investment banking for the Americas.<br \/>\nHe has over 15 years of banking experience in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications<br \/>\n(TMT) sectors and prior to joining Nomura was a Managing Director in the TMT banking group at<br \/>\nJ.P Morgan and, most recently, UBS. <\/p>\n<p>Ben Adams has joined Nomura\u2019s Healthcare industry group covering the Healthcare Services<br \/>\nsector. He has 18 years of banking experience including senior roles at Barclays Capital, Bear<br \/>\nStearns and, most recently, BMO Capital Markets where he led the healthcare services practice. <\/p>\n<p>Christopher Turner has joined Nomura\u2019s Financial Sponsors group in New York where he will<br \/>\nfocus on large and mid-cap private equity companies. He has over 25 years of experience in<br \/>\nbanking and was most recently a Managing Director in Barclays Capital\u2019s Financial Sponsors<br \/>\nteam. <\/p>\n<p>William Hunter has joined Nomura\u2019s Global Natural Resources investment banking group where<br \/>\nhe will focus on coverage of companies in the mining sector. He has over 20 years of banking<br \/>\nexperience including senior roles at Jefferies, where he was a Managing Director and head of its<br \/>\nglobal mining investment banking group, and Teneo Capital where he focused on providing<br \/>\nstrategic advice to natural resources and industrial companies. <\/p>\n<p>Georges Azzam has joined Nomura\u2019s Mergers and Acquisitions team as Co-Head of Americas<br \/>\nM&#038;A. He has over 25 years of experience in the M&#038;A sector, including senior roles in Salomon<br \/>\nBrothers\u2019 M&#038;A group and, most recently, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale, where he was a Managing Director<br \/>\nand head of North American corporate finance, M&#038;A and ECM activities. <\/p>\n<p>These six appointments add to the six senior hires announced in June as part of the firm\u2019s<br \/>\nexpansion of its industry coverage and capital markets team in the Americas. <\/p>\n<p>Nomura\u2019s growth in investment banking demonstrates the firm\u2019s continuing commitment to<br \/>\nincrease the depth of its existing business while selectively broadening its franchise into new<br \/>\nmarkets. <\/p>\n<p>Nomura\u2019s investment banking franchise in the Americas is increasingly well positioned to build<br \/>\non its proven track record as a provider of strategic advice and financing solutions to corporate,<br \/>\ninstitutional and government clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nomura, Asia\u2019s global investment bank, announces the continued strengthening of its investment banking operation in the Americas with the appointment of six Managing Directors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":31203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1479],"tags":[1671,1651,1437,1787],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31205"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}