Nomura continues the strategic expansion of its Americas investment banking business and has appointed five managing directors across industry and product groups. Stephen Cunningham joins Nomura as head of Latin America investment banking from Deutsche Bank. Carl Mayer joins as head of leveraged finance in the Americas from Citadel. Thomas Fiato joins as chief operating officer for corporate finance from Deutsche Bank. Nicholas Forsa joins Nomura's consumer retail /M&A group from Deutsche Bank. Douglas MacKenzie has joined the Americas senior management team as chief operating officer for the global finance joint venture in the Americas from Morgan Stanley.