Richard van Eek

About Richard van Eek

I lead risk functions for electronic trading firms operating in fast-moving, highly automated markets. My career has been built at the intersection of technology, trading, and reputation— helping market making and proprietary trading businesses scale safely while staying commercially competitive.I currently serve as Head of Risk Management, with end-to-end ownership of market, operational, and regulatory risk across high-volume electronic trading environments. My focus is practical and hands-on: designing real controls that actually work in production systems. I bring a broad, global perspective, having managed electronic trading and clearing risk across EU, US, and APAC markets, covering equities, derivatives, commodities, and foreign exchange.What differentiates me is that I’m technically credible, commercially grounded, and operationally experienced. I can speak to developers about system architecture, to traders about volatility risk, and to regulators about controls — without losing sight of the business reality.

Experience

1. Head of Risk Management & Operations

   All Options

   Sep 2023 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Electronic market maker and broker-dealer specializing in algorithmic trading across US options markets.• Lead firm-wide Risk Management function for a US electronic trading and market making business, covering market risk, operational risk, regulatory risk, and trading controls across listed options.• Established and implemented a comprehensive 15c3-5 Risk Management Controls Framework, including pre-trade, intraday, and post-trade risk limits, achieving full regulatory compliance within the first year.• Built and embedded the firm’s operational risk framework, including risk control self-assessments, incident management, root cause analysis, and formal risk reporting to senior management, strengthening governance and decision-making.• Owns clearing and counterparty risk oversight, including primary responsibility for the firm’s relationships with clearing brokers covering daily margin, exposure monitoring, collateral management.

Education

• University of Groningen

  Master's degree, Economics - Finance

• Harvard Business School Online

  Certificate in Global Business

  2020 — 2020

Skills

• Credit Risk
• Fx Options
• Operational Risk
• New Business Development
• Equities
• Fixed Income
• Problem Solving
• Equity Derivatives
• Trading Systems
• Derivatives
• Options
• Operational Excellence
• Investments
• Financial Markets
• Trading
• Leadership
• Credit
• Risk Management
• Market Risk
• Capital Markets
• Proprietary Trading
• Financial Risk
• Asset Management