Louis Wilkins is an experienced professional in trading operations and financial engineering, currently serving as a Trading Operations Engineer at Optiver since November 2020. Previously, Louis worked as a Support Engineer at FlexTrade, providing technical support to institutional clients and resolving production issues for traders. At First Derivatives, Louis held the position of Financial Engineer, focusing on application support for major investment banking operations, maintaining critical business data, and managing trade processing. Louis began a career as an Assistant Retail Manager at Independent Irish Healthfoods, where responsibilities included team management and implementing automated systems. Louis holds a Master’s Degree in Corporate Finance from University College Cork and a Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Mathematics and Actuarial Science, along with Level 1 certification from the CFA Institute.