Nomura’s Tim Albers joins Barclays as Head of FX Strategies and Structuring

UK universal bank Barclays has hired Tim Albers, former Head of FX Structuring at Nomura, AEJ, as Head of FX Structuring and Strategies, AEJ. Albers left his role at Nomura after more than 13½ years.

The executive, who has around 15 years of industry experience, previously worked as a forex executive at Barclays Capital between October 2008 and May 2009. He joined the UK firm in October 2008 after spending a year and five months in as a Forex analyst at Lehman Brothers.

Alber joined Nomura in June 2009 as Executive Director of FX Structuring and later became Executive Director of FX Options Trading, Singapore before becoming Head of FX Structuring, AEJ. The leader holds a Master of Science in Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Over the past few months, Barclays has made a number of appointments, including the Hiring of Arif Vohra as co-responsible for the FIG in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; Promoting Ben Parkinson from Managing Director to Head of Global Fintech and FX Automation Sales at Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank; and selection of Hossein Zaimi as Head of Markets for the Asia-Pacific region.

Additionally, Nomura recently named Patrick Eltridge as the new group’s chief information officer in a Tokyo-based role. On the contrary, Ian Daniels, a sales veteran, left Nomura end of September to join BCG Partners as Global Head of Fenics NDF.

Meanwhile, Nomura Singapore earlier in the year named Tan Tee Comment as chairman of its board of directors. The subsidiary also chose How as chairman of the audit committee of Nomura Asia Pacific Holdings. How’s appointment came after Michael Lim left both positions.

Also, Nomura hired Robert Stark as head of the company’s investment management in the Americas earlier in the year.

UK universal bank Barclays has hired Tim Albers, former Head of FX Structuring at Nomura, AEJ, as Head of FX Structuring and Strategies, AEJ. Albers left his role at Nomura after more than 13½ years.

The executive, who has around 15 years of industry experience, previously worked as a forex executive at Barclays Capital between October 2008 and May 2009. He joined the UK firm in October 2008 after spending a year and five months in as a Forex analyst at Lehman Brothers.

Alber joined Nomura in June 2009 as Executive Director of FX Structuring and later became Executive Director of FX Options Trading, Singapore before becoming Head of FX Structuring, AEJ. The leader holds a Master of Science in Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Check out the recent Finance Magnates Summit 2022 session on what it means to hire finance professionals in today’s world.

Over the past few months, Barclays has made a number of appointments, including the Hiring of Arif Vohra as co-responsible for the FIG in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; Promoting Ben Parkinson from Managing Director to Head of Global Fintech and FX Automation Sales at Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank; and selection of Hossein Zaimi as Head of Markets for the Asia-Pacific region.

Additionally, Nomura recently named Patrick Eltridge as the new group’s chief information officer in a Tokyo-based role. On the contrary, Ian Daniels, a sales veteran, left Nomura end of September to join BCG Partners as Global Head of Fenics NDF.

Meanwhile, Nomura Singapore earlier in the year named Tan Tee Comment as chairman of its board of directors. The subsidiary also chose How as chairman of the audit committee of Nomura Asia Pacific Holdings. How’s appointment came after Michael Lim left both positions.

Also, Nomura hired Robert Stark as head of the company’s investment management in the Americas earlier in the year.