Nomura's vice-chairman of Asia, Brian O'Connor, announced by internal email on April 30 that that day would be his last at Nomura. O'Conner was initially from Lehman Brothers and, together with Lehman's former Asian CEO Jasjit Bhattal, was one of the architects of the integration following Nomura's takeover of Lehman's Japanese and European operations in October last year.O'Connor is moving to Singapore but will be enjoying four months' gardening leave ahead of his next job. The name of his new employer is not known, but O'Connor is reportedly moving into a banking/busin...