In his role as Chief Operating Officer, Aleem oversees the business operations for Nomura’s Global Markets business across 10 countries in Asia as well as Nomura’s FX and Emerging Markets businesses globally.

Aleem represents Nomura on the board of ASIFMA; and also serves on the board of Nomura’s primary dealer in India and a WFOE in China.

Prior to joining Nomura in 2009, Aleem worked at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, where he was the Head of Asia Pacific Strategy and Business Development, based in Hong Kong. Before that, he spent 5 years at Merrill Lynch, focusing on global markets strategy in Asia and the US, prior to which he was a Strategy Consultant at Oliver Wyman in New York.

Aleem graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.