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Top Nomura banker Steven Ashley steps down to run digital assets unit

He will become president of Nomura’s digital assets company, which has been renamed Laser Digital and will be incorporated in Switzerland

Steven Ashley is stepping down from heading up Nomura's wholesale banking unit
Steven Ashley is stepping down from heading up Nomura's wholesale banking unit

Steven Ashley, Nomura’s most senior banker in the City, is stepping down from his role as head of its wholesale unit to lead the Japanese bank’s new digital assets company.

Ashley, who has led Nomura’s wholesale unit since 2019, will be replaced by Christopher Willcox, the bank said in a statement.

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