Nomura Appoints Sameer Jain as Chief Information Officer of Wholesale

Fazzaco learned that Nomura Holdings Inc. has named Sameer Jain as its new Chief Information Officer of Wholesale Division, based in New York.

As seen on his LinkedIn profile, prior to joining Nomura, Mr Jain was Founding Member and Chief Technology Officer at USREM, an entrepreneurial venture, where he applied his expertise in technology and capital markets to create efficient access to commercial real estate. Before that, he spent 13 years working at Barclays, where he held senior technology positions including Group Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Officer and Head of FX & Exotics Technology for the Investment Bank. Mr Jain started his career in Interest Rates Technology Division at UBS, where he spent 13 years holding several senior roles within the company.

Mr Jain is a graduate of Knox College with a bachelor's degree in Physics and Computer Science.

As Fazzaco reported in early February, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., launched FINTOS​, a new app that will provide information regarding investing to a broad range of users, including those who do not have an account with Nomura.