Nomura International has appointed Hiromi Yamaji as president and chief executive officer.

Yamaji's role will include being president and CEO of Nomura Europe Holdings and will be responsible for Nomura's European business operations. His appointment follows the departure of Takumi Shibata, who is returning to Tokyo to be global head of investment banking at Nomura Securities. Yamaji starts in London on April 23. Between 1994 and 1997 he was head of European investment banking at Nomura in London.