Nomura's new man will arrive in Mayfair Monday as it keeps on hiring

Nomura macro sales people who've been wondering what will happen to them when Filippo Zorzoli, Barclays' macro sales maestro, arrives in a role that has yet to be defined, don't have long to wait. We said previously that Zorzoli would turn up in October. In fact, his new role is being announced Monday. 

In the meantime, Nomura is still hiring. 

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The Japanese bank's most recent macro hire is from Morgan Stanley's Paris office. Sam Van Damme, a mid-level rates trader who toured BNP Paribas and Goldman Sachs before Morgan Stanley, is understood to joining Nomura soon.

Nomura declined to comment. The Japanese bank is building out its rates business under Nat Tyce, the former Barclays macro trader who's been its EMEA head of markets since 2023. Tyce has also hired stars like Shahil Ghelani, a former Goldman Sachs rates trader, who joined in January 2024 and who's now Nomura's co-head of European government bond trading.

Nomura people who want to get to know Zorzoli next week should probably head to Mayfair. Former colleagues say he spends a lot of time hanging out with clients at Cipriani, Novikov and Annabel's.

Nomura is known for paying its traders generously. In 2024, 254 material risk takers at the bank earned an average of $970k each, but 19 people were paid over €2m ($2.3m).

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