Nomura hires Dan McNamara from Citi as regional head of FIG

Dan McNamara has signed up at Nomura, moving from Citi where he was head of both the financial institutions group FIG and real estate, according to sources close to the development. At Nomura, McNamara will head FIG investment banking for Asia-Pacific ex-Japan and co-head corporate finance. The Tokyo-based bank yesterday also made three senior appointments within investment banking in Australia Ian Maxton, Ed de Salis and John Hanson.

McNamara was a senior investment banker at Citi. Aside from the two important portfolios he headed when he left, he has also held other key positions at the bank, including co-head of investment banking for Asia-Pacific together with Mark Renton. McNamara...