The Japanese firm appointed a new outside director while reappointing a raft of other board members.

Japan's Nomura Holdings has made a change to its board of directors, with the appointment of a new outside director. Nine directors and seven executive officers have been re-appointed to the board.

Mari Sono becomes an outside director on Nomura's board, the firm said in a statement.

Nobuyuki Koga will stay as chairman of the board of directors and chairman of the nomination committee and compensation committee.

Koji Nagai and Tetsu Ozaki will both stay as directors and executive officers. Hisato Miyashita will stay as a director and a member of the audit committee. Takao Kusakari and Hiroshi Kimura will stay as outside directors and members of the nomination committee and compensation committee.

Noriaki Shimazaki and Toshinori Kanemoto will stay as outside directors. Shimazaki will stay as the chairman of the audit committee. Kanemoto will stay as a member of the audit committee.

Michael Lim has been re-appointed as an outside director.

Also, Koji Nagai will stay as the group chief executive, representative executive officer and president. Tetsu Ozaki will stay as chief operating officer, representative executive officer and president.

Shoichi Nagamatsu will stay as chief of staff, representative executive officer and deputy president. Toshio Morita will stay as executive managing director. Kunio Watanabe will stay as head of asset management and executive managing director. 

Takumi Kitamura will stay as chief financial officer and executive managing director. Yuji Nakata will stay as head of group entity structure and co-CRO executive managing director.

Our sister publication WealthBriefing reported last week that Nomura remained tight-lipped about moving its EU headquarters to Frankfurt.