Nomura Holdings, Inc. announced the appointment of Vijay Sundaram as Managing Director, Global Head of Wholesale Front Office Risk and Control, effective immediately. Based in New York, Mr. Sundaram will report globally to Yutaka Nakajima, Head of Global Markets, and Masahiro Goto, Global Head of Investment Banking, and locally to Chris Willcox, CEO and President of Nomura Securities International. In this newly created position, Mr. Sundaram will be responsible for strengthening Nomura's first line of defence and globalizing front office risk capabilities across financial and non-financial risks. He will also work to enhance Nomura's front office risk governance and practices across Global Markets and Investment Banking.