Kingswood Holdings Limited announced that it has appointed Najib Canaan as US CEO as the firm sets its sight on US expansion and growing investment distribution channels for its products. Mr. Canaan, who will join the newly restructured Kingswood Investment Committee, has more than 30 years of experience and joins from Marinus Capital Advisor, an alternative investment management firm where he was the Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer. Prior to that, Mr. Canaan was a Managing Director and Head of Structured Finance at GSO Capital, a Blackstone Group affiliate. He also established and managed the Structured Products Trading Group at Brevan Howard. Mr. Canaan was also Executive Managing Director and Co-Head of International Markets at Nomura Securities International and Co-Head of Fixed Income in Europe for Nomura International PLC where he oversaw a fixed income, asset-backed, and real estate balance sheet in excess of $100 billion.