Ali Samadi, a former Bank of America (BofA) equity derivatives salesman, and Alex Witten, an ex-Goldman Sachs trader, have left Hapoalim to join Nomura in the US, where former BofA head of structured derivatives trading Dmitry Genkin is building an equity derivatives desk, a Nomura spokeswoman told SRP. Samadi has been hired as an executive director in sales and Witten as a vice president in trading within Nomura's equity derivatives team. Prior to moving to Nomura, both Samadi and Witten held
