Bio

Richard Hawwa is a Managing Director at Nomura Greentech. Based in San Francisco, Richard leads the Mobility and Automotive Technology practice. Richard has 18 years of investment banking experience across a variety of capital markets transactions with an aggregate value of more than $125 billion. Richard’s recent experience includes advising companies such as Adient, Lucid Motors, Li-Cycle, Ouster, Hyundai Motor Group and Lear Corporation on strategic M&A and capital markets. Richard has also worked closely with businesses across the broader ecosystem, including Allison Transmission, Aptiv, Dana, Goodyear and Tesla. Richard joined Nomura Greentech from Embark Trucks where he served as Chief Financial Officer and led the company into the public market. Prior to joining Embark in 2021, Richard served as a Managing Director at Citigroup, responsible for coverage of companies in the global mobility and automotive sector, and advising and executing on strategic M&A. Richard began his career at UBS in 2005. Richard received his bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and a minor in Economics with honors from Southern Methodist University.