Nomura changes CIOs: Patrick Eltridge out, Akio Hori in

Exclusive: Nomura appoints Tokyo-based CIO as Patrick Eltridge leaves

Tokyo-based Akio Hori will continue the globalization of the CIO role, says the bank.

Phillip de Wet

Mar 16, 2026 - 1 min read

Japan's largest investment bank will have a new group CIO in April, it told The Stack on Monday, with Akio Hori appointed to the role.

Patrick Eltridge will be leaving the company on March 31, it said simultaneously.

Eltridge is among the five members of Nomura's 84-member executive team currently listed as being based in London. Another handful of its leaders are based in New York or Singapore.

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