Mr. Khazen joined the Company as Chief Risk Officer in May 2023. His responsibilities include the development and maintenance of risk governance for market risk, pre-trade risk limits, margin policies and the Risk Management Unit (“RMU”).
Mr. Khazen has 29 years of industry experience in risk and trading. Before joining the Company, he spent nearly 10 years at ABN AMRO Clearing USA, LLC. While at ABN, he was a senior member of the risk team, served as Head of Market Risk, was the risk liaison for exchanges and regulators, was a member of the Nodal Exchange Risk Committee and helped to establish and improve several ABN risk policies and procedures. From 2006 to 2013, he was a partner and Head of Risk at Breakwater Trading LLC and from 2000 to 2005, he ran the risk department at Rosenthal Collins Group. He started his career as a member and market maker on the floor at the CBOT in US Treasury Bond and Note options.
He holds a Series 3 license and received his bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard.