Tokyo-headquartered Nikko AM bolsters its international sales team with senior appointments.

Nikko Asset Management, the Tokyo-headquartered financial services firm, has bolstered its sales team with the hire of three senior executives and a new investment head.

Takuya Koyama has been named global head of sales and will be responsible for global institutional sales, as well as international retail sales. He previously held senior positions in international sales at Nomura Securities, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and Citigroup Securities Japan. 

Hideyuki Omokawa is now head of strategic product innovation to oversee the development of products globally, while managing the interaction between the sales and investment teams through a newly-established Office of the chief investment officer. Omokawa was previously the president of FGI Capital Partners and, before that, held senior roles at Goldman Sachs Japan and Nikko Cordial Securities. 

Motonobu Hasegawa has been named global head of request for proposal and will lead a team of specialists in Japan and in overseas offices. He used to lead the RFP team at UBS Global Asset Management in Japan. He also worked for Aberdeen Investment Management, Credit Suisse Asset Management and Pictet Asset Management in the country.

In the investment management division, Yu-Ming Wang has been appointed global head of investment to oversee the work of the global investment team which covers staff in nine countries. Japan CIO Hiroki Tsujimura will continue to be responsible for investment management in the Tokyo branch.

Omokawa's and Wang's roles take effect in 31 January 2014, while Koyama and Hasegawa will join in 1 February.

Nikko Asset Management has 22 offices in 10 countries. It records some $160 billion in assets under management as at 30 September 2013.