Japanese bank Nomura has appointed of a new Head of Global Markets Sales. Earlier this year the bank announced plans to establish a new Asia Infrastructure Project Office in Singapore.
Wissam Farah, who will be based in London, will report to Yutaka Nakajima, Head of Global Markets, EMEA and will be responsible for leading Nomura’s sales efforts across Flow and Solutions businesses.
Prior to joining Nomura, Farah was Head of Markets and Security Services for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at Citi, where he led a team responsible for marketing flow and structured products and solutions in rates, credit, FX, commodities, funds and equity derivatives.
His previous roles include Head of Sales, Origination and Derivatives Marketing for the Middle East and North Africa at Barclays Capital, and various roles at Deutsche Bank which covered Southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the areas of debt capital markets, derivatives marketing and structured product sales.