Fred DeSerio, based in New York, has been named head of sales in the US. He will be responsible for developing business in the institutional investment market in North America. He joined Nikko AM’s US arm on 30 January from Invesco, where he was a managing director. He has previously worked for firms including Segal Advisors, American International Group and Smith Barney.

Meanwhile, Peter Knight joined the company on 1 January as head of global product specialists. Knight is based in Tokyo. He most recently worked as a business development manager in Japanese equities at BNY Mellon, having previously worked for Citigroup Asset Management Japan.

Daisuke Kono, based in Tokyo, has been named head of international institutional materials. Kono is creating a centre of excellence in Tokyo specialising in creating materials for sophisticated international clients and prospects, the firm said. He was previously a director of Invesco Asset Management’s product management section.

Cameron Kuwahara joined the company as head of solutions marketing, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, where Nikko Asset Management has a global equity team. He will be working in Edinburgh and the company’s full-service European headquarters in London, as well as its New York office. He was previously a senior sales director for Citigroup Global Markets in Singapore. He has also worked for Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Securities and Deutsche Securities Tokyo.

To view a recent interview with Nikko about its global ambitions, see here.