Nomura has appointed a veteran Dutch banker to continue to build its profile in Europe, a week after the Japanese bank reported that profits in the region were higher than those in its home country for the first time on record.

Jan Stuyt, a former chief executive of ABN Amro Hoare Govett's European corporate finance business whose career in banking spans 30 years, has been appointed to the role of vice-chairman investment banking in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.