Japanese bank Nomura has been picking up several high profile sovereign bond mandates since it took over the European operations of Lehman Brothers in October 2008. On Tuesday, the Japanese bank ran the largest ever syndicated government bond, making Morven Jones, who heads up Nomura’s sovereign, supranational and agency business, our banker of the week.

Jones, head of corporate and SSA DCM for Emea at Nomura in London, was one of the business heads who moved to Nomura when the bank bought Lehman Brothers' investment banking and equities business in October 2008. The bank has since effectively carved a niche for itself in European DCM.