Kentaro Okuda, CEO, Nomura, is taking a 30% pay cut for three months in response to a former employee's misconduct that caused damage to the company's reputation.
The former employee, part of the wealth-management team, was charged with drugging an elderly client and setting their house on fire after stealing money.
Nomura has implemented measures to identify misconduct, including regular feedback from clients and approval process for personal visits to clients' houses.
This is not the first pay cut taken by Okuda, who previously took a 20% cut due to the company's fine for market manipulation; Nomura is also implementing cost-cutting measures and focusing on digitalization.