Nomura has announced that it has hired a head for investment banking in Thailand. Kris Panjipan has been hired to the position at Capital Nomura Securities. He was with Daiwa Securities Group Inc. most recently as head of Thailand investment banking.

In his new role, he is to be based in Bangkok and is to report to Kelvin Ho, head of investment banking southeast Asia and locally to Yasuhiro Terase, head of CNS investment banking.