Japanese Financial House Appoints MENA Executive Chairman

Robbie Lawther

10 October 2017

Tokyo-headquartered financial services group 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.