LEADERSHIP 

Peter Aitchison

Head of Human Resources 
Nomura Asset Management International 

Professional experience

Peter is a Managing Director and Head of Human Resources for Nomura Asset Management International. He is also Global Co-Head of Human Resources for Group Corporate across Nomura Group entities. He manages a global team of human resources business partners covering Nomura’s International Investment Management businesses as well as all Global Corporate functions. Peter joined Nomura in 2008 and during his tenure at Nomura has held positions covering Global Investment Management and Group Corporate Human Resources as well as regional roles covering all business lines.

Prior to joining Nomura, Peter worked in Human Resources and Chief Administrative Officer roles at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. Prior to joining Barclays Capital, he held various roles at Professional Services firms in Head of Human Resources and Resourcing roles. Peter has extensive leadership experience in leading and ongoing development of global Human Resources functions across Financial Services businesses. He has lived and worked in the US, UK, Singapore, and South Africa and has covered clients across Japan, the Americas, Asia ex Japan, Europe, and India.

Peter earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science, cum laude, from the University of Natal.