Nomura Executive Earns a Record $12 Million, Tripling CEO’s Pay

Executive oversees trading, investment banking at broker
Resurgent markets in Japan helped firm return to profit growth

Christopher Willcox
Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

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By Takashi Nakamichi and Nao Sano

June 26, 2024 at 6:09 AM UTC

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June 26, 2024 at 8:54 AM UTC

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Nomura Holdings Inc. gave Christopher Willcox the highest ever pay for an executive officer at Japan’s biggest brokerage after the company returned to profit growth.

Willcox, who heads the Tokyo-based firm’s trading and investment banking, got $12 million in compensation for the year ended March, according to a filing on Wednesday. He earned about $5.5 million in that role in the second half of the prior year. He was promoted in October 2022 and is among just seven executive officers in the firm.