Tristan has been a leader of trading teams and strategy development in global derivatives trading for over 17 years. He studied Law and Economics at the Australian National University then worked at a top tier law firm and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission before reinventing himself as a derivatives trader.

Tristan began his trading career with Tibra in 2007 as an options market maker and went on to become head of Tibra’s Japan desk before departing in 2010. After a brief period at KCMA where he delivered the trading team’s most profitable year, Tristan joined Ark International Group in 2012. Together with the development team, he helped design, build and continue to improve the proprietary strategies and trading technologies driving the company’s success trading global equity derivatives.

Since the launch of DAFM in 2021 Tristan has applied his expertise to building new trading strategies and technologies for the expanding world of digital assets. The next chapter of his remarkable professional journey will see him focus on generating wealth for DAFM’s growing investor base.