Christopher Healy

Electronic Trading Risk & Controls leader with 15 years of Global Markets experience and deep expertise across FICC, particularly FX. Proven track record designing and implementing global governance, risk and control frameworks for algorithmic trading, electronic market access and trading venues. Extensive experience leading regulatory examinations and remediation across FRB, OCC, SEC, PRA, FCA and ESMA requirements.

Trusted advisor to Trading, Risk, Compliance and Technology on electronic trading risk.

Director, FICC eTrading Governance & Controls - Bank of America - New York, NY

(2014-01)

• Lead the design, implementation and ongoing oversight of global governance and compliance frameworks for Algorithmic Trading, Internal Market Access and Venue On-Boarding across FICC.
• Provide functional leadership to three FICC eTrading risk & controls professionals, including hiring, work prioritization and development, with formal performance management responsibilities.
• Own the risk & control framework for 30 eFX algorithms generating +$125MM in annual PnL with +$7BN average daily trading volume.
• Chair three global FICC eTrading governance forums, bringing together senior stakeholders across Trading, Technology, Risk and Compliance to oversee algorithmic trading risk, control performance, limit breaches and emerging risks; represent FICC eTrading at multiple additional global governance committees.
• Lead 1LOD engagement for global regulatory examinations and remediation programs involving the FRB, OCC, SEC, PRA, FCA and ESMA, translating regulatory findings into sustainable front-office controls.
• Own front-office implementation of key algorithmic and electronic trading regulatory requirements, including MiFID II RTS 6 and SEC Rule 15c3-5; lead Global Markets' annual MiFID self-assessment and market-access control reviews.
• Serve as senior 1LOD eTrading risk and controls SME, partnering with Trading, Technology, Risk, Compliance and Internal Audit across all three Lines of Defense for FX, Commodities, Munis & Mortgages eTrading businesses.
• Developed front-office governance framework for monitoring KPIs, kill-switch activations, limit breaches and reputational risk; lead annual risk-limit recalibration across FICC algorithms and eTrading strategies.
• Managed a portfolio of 20+ internal audit and remediation issues focused on strengthening algorithmic trading controls across FICC.
• Developed the Sanctioned Securities framework for algorithmic trading, including automated preventative controls to mitigate trading and compliance risk.

Analyst/Associate, SRM - Bank of America - New York, NY

(2011-01 - 2014-12)

• Supported three Senior Managing Directors covering 24 priority institutional investor relationships at the C-suite level.
• Analyzed client profitability, wallet opportunity and business-line performance to inform Global Markets resource allocation and cross-selling strategy.
• Coordinated senior client engagement across Global Markets, Investment Banking, Corporate Banking and Wealth Management.

Bachelor of Arts - Economics, Concentration in Financial Markets - Colby College