Jan Boomaars

Jan joined Optiver in October 2015 as CEO of the European business, also taking on the Global CEO position in January 2018.

Prior to this, Jan worked at Goldman Sachs within the Securities Division. During his GS career he worked across numerous areas, namely the Derivatives, Execution and Clearing businesses. He left the firm as Partner, following a 21-year career, in 2015.

Jan is a graduate of the London School of Economics and holds an MBA from Harvard. He is the founding Chairman of Plato Partnership, former board member of CMC Markets and former board member of Redburn Ltd.