Cigdem Winegarden is Chief Compliance Officer at Optiver, a proprietary market-making firm with significant market share in many global venues. Cigdem is responsible for advising and leading her compliance team in APAC across its Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan offices.

Cigdem brings a focus to growing her team, partnering with the trading, technology and control teams to ensure Optiver’s compliance risks are effectively managed, and helping Optiver achieve its ambition to improve the markets.