Nomura Hires Ex-Goldman’s Connolly to Boost Derivative Sales

Nomura Holdings Inc. is hiring former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Managing Director Ami Connolly in Tokyo, as Japan’s biggest brokerage seeks to expand its business of selling stock derivatives to institutional clients, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Connolly, who worked at Goldman Sachs’s Japan securities subsidiary, is joining Nomura to strengthen equity derivatives sales, the person said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.