Nomura has named John Goff head of global markets structuring amid a wider reshuffle of roles within the bank's structured products business, according to an internal memo seen by FinanceAsia.
Goff will report to Matt Reader, head of fixed income structured products at Japan's biggest securities house.
Goff has overseen the development of Nomura's structured products Asia ex-Japan platform over the last three years, said the memo which was circulated in June and confirmed by a Nomura spokesman on Monday.
Prior to the promotion, Goff was the Hong Kong-based head of structured products for Asia ex-Japan. He will remain in Hong Kong in the global role.
Back in 2010, before Nomura combined its fixed income and equity structured products globally, Goff served as head of the bank's fixed income structured practice Asia ex-Japan.
Nomura offers structured investment products to institutional investors. Structured products, often in the form of foreign exchange- and securities-linked derivatives, serve as alternative investments for corporates looking to reduce costs and risk in their allocation programmes.
Nomura has elevated several senior bankers aside from Goff.
Simon Bristow has been named head of structured product transactions, according to the memo.
Formerly with JP Morgan, London-based Bristow will support the Japanese bank's EMEA business in non-flow transactions while "advising on the suitability of pipeline transactions for global markets," the memo said. Bristow will report to both head of global markets EMEA Yutaka Nakajima and Reader.
Matt Mirfield meanwhile will handle fixed-income structured products in an expansion of his role as business manager for global markets structuring and structured sales.
Correction: An earlier version of this item misidentified Yutaka Nakajima as Nomura's head of global markets Asia Pacific. He is, in fact, head of global markets EMEA.
