People Moves
Japanese Financial House Appoints MENA Executive Chairman
The new hire will be based in Dubai.
Tokyo-headquartered financial services group Nomura has appointed Mark
Yassin as executive chairman of Middle East & North Africa
(MENA) region.
In this role, Yassin will be responsible for
developing client relationships and driving the growth of
Nomura’s wholesale operations across the MENA.
He will be based in Dubai and will report to Yasuo Kashiwagi,
executive chairman of Europe, Middle East and Africa, and
Charles Pitts-Tucker, head of investment banking
of EMEA.
The new hire has 30 years of banking experience, and was
most recently with National Bank of Abu Dhabi, where he was
co-head of global wholesale banking and head of global banking
and a member of NBAD’s executive committee.
“Nomura already has a strong foundation in the Middle East and
Mark’s appointment as chairman will help us to grow our business
further across the region, where we see opportunities to deliver
our product strengths and leverage our market leading structured
solutions capability,” said Kashiwagi.
