Nomura Holdings Inc. named Deputy President Kentaro Okuda, who has years of experience in global operations, as new chief executive officer on Monday in an attempt to bolster the biggest Japanese brokerage's earnings abroad, while it struggles with its retail investment business at home.The change, the first in about eight years, sees Okuda replacing Koji Nagai and will become effective April 1 next year."The business environment is rapidly changing. By becoming sensitive to the needs of customers and markets, I will accelerate the speed of our transformation," Okuda, 56, said at a press co…READ FULL ARTICLE
