Boudewijn Duinstra Joins ICE Clear Europe in Newly Created Role

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) continues to see the changing of its leadership team, this time in its ICE Clear Europe segment. The group on-boarded Boudewijn Duinstra as its newest Head of First Line Clearing Risk, underlying ICE’s growing emphasis on the Risk Management Risk Management One of the most common terms utilized by brokers, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance. Most commonly, this also involves the analysis of risk and the undertaking of precautionary steps to both mitigate and prevent for such risk.Such efforts are essential for brokers and venues in the finance industry, given the potential for fallout in the face of unforeseen events or crises. Given a more tightly regulated environment across nearly every asset class, One of the most common terms utilized by brokers, risk management refers to the practice of identifying potential risks in advance. Most commonly, this also involves the analysis of risk and the undertaking of precautionary steps to both mitigate and prevent for such risk.Such efforts are essential for brokers and venues in the finance industry, given the potential for fallout in the face of unforeseen events or crises. Given a more tightly regulated environment across nearly every asset class, Read this Term space heading into 2018.

The addition of Mr. Duinstra reflects one of ICE Clear Europe most senior hires in Q4, as he has worked for nearly two decades in the financial services industry. He joins ICE Clear Europe after a lengthy stint at ABN AMRO. In the newly created role he will be working alongside Finbarr Hutcheson, President of ICE Clear Europe.

Mr. Hutcheson commented on the appointment: “We’re delighted to welcome Boudewijn to ICE Clear Europe. Bou brings extensive risk management experience from over 20 years working in financial markets and I look forward to working with him in this newly created role.”

Area of emphasis

Risk management is one of the key pillars of ICE Clear Europe heading into 2018 given a litany of regulatory constraints and changes taking place in the bloc. As of January 3, 2018 the MiFID II regime will come into full force, requiring a wide range of new emphasis on the space. By extension, lingering Brexit Brexit Brexit stands for British Exit, or in reference to the United Kingdom’s decision to formally leave the European Union (EU) as declared in a June 23, 2016 referendum. In a more immediate sense, a tight vote and unexpected result helped drive British pound (GBP) to lows that had not been seen in decades.The day following the referendum, former Prime Minister David Cameron resigned from office where he was replaced by Theresa May, who later resigned from office on June 7th, 2019. Active Prime Minis Brexit stands for British Exit, or in reference to the United Kingdom’s decision to formally leave the European Union (EU) as declared in a June 23, 2016 referendum. In a more immediate sense, a tight vote and unexpected result helped drive British pound (GBP) to lows that had not been seen in decades.The day following the referendum, former Prime Minister David Cameron resigned from office where he was replaced by Theresa May, who later resigned from office on June 7th, 2019. Active Prime Minis Read this Term developments will also necessitate a renewed focus on the sector.

For his part, Mr. Duinstra comes over to ICE Clear Europe from ABN AMRO Clearing Bank, a subsidiary of ABN AMRO Group. In this capacity, he worked as its Global Chief Risk Officer having also served on its executive board. He worked at the group for the past thirteen years, constituting the bulk of his professional career.

Prior to joining ABN AMRO Clearing Bank, Mr. Duinstra also worked in risk management and trading roles at a European proprietary trading firms MeesPierson and AOT, according to information made public on his Linkedin profile.