Nomura appointed Mouloud Ameni head of flow credit for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA), as well as adding him to its global flow credit leadership council. Ameni joined Nomura from Jefferies, where he held senior leadership positions, most recently serving as managing director for emerging markets (EM) credit trading. Before that, Ameni was a member of Nomura’s EM credit trading desk in London, until 2016. As part of the role, Ameni will be responsible for building out Nomura’s flow credit trading and sales teams in the CEEMEA region, initially focusing on markets in Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
JP Morgan Chase & Co. appointed Dom Russo vice president, senior trader. Russo was promoted to the role having served as a senior associate at the firm since October 2021. Prior to his stint at JP Morgan Chase, Russo spent nearly four years at online investment management firm Nutmeg, most recently as senior trader. He has also previously served as an ETF trader for almost three years, following a six-month stint in a trading operations role at the firm. Elsewhere in his career, Russo spent three and a half years at James Hambro & Partners and one year at the British Arab Commercial Bank (BACB) in operations-focused roles.
Liquidnet appointed Caoimhe O’Driscoll as deputy head of block coverage desk for EMEA. O’Driscoll was promoted to the role after serving in a block sales and trading role at the firm since 2019. Prior to joining Liquidnet, she spent 5 years at London Stone Securities, most recently serving as an equity sales trader. Before that, O’Driscoll spent just over a year in a junior broker role at the firm.