Nomura, the global investment bank, has appointed Mark Leahy as Head of Debt Origination and Fixed Income Syndicate for Asia ex-Japan to spearhead the development of the bank’s debt franchise in the region.
In this newly-combined role, Mark will report jointly in the region to Jai Rajpal, Head of Fixed Income for Asia ex-Japan and Patrick Schmitz-Morkramer, Head of Investment Banking for Asia ex-Japan, and globally to Philippe Dufournier, Global Head of Global Finance.
Mark’s previous roles include five years at Deutsche Bank in Singapore where he built a market-leading primary debt syndication business to enhance the bank’s global markets platform.
Managing all debt products with direct coverage of key government and corporate clients across the region, Mark played a critical role in the firm’s regional capital markets businesses.
Prior to his role at Deutsche Bank, Mark was Regional Head, Fixed Income syndicate for Asia ex-Japan at UBS from 2001 to 2004, and Europe Head of Sales at Enroncredit in London from 2000 to 2001.
Most recently, Mark co-founded and was Managing Director of Arrive Private Investments, a start-up brokerage business within the Arrive Wealth Management Group in Melbourne. In this capacity, he established the operational framework of the company in a bid to become the leading provider of alternative global assets to the Australian private banking industry.
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