Müller steps down as CEO of Eurex Clearing
28 February 2025 Germany

Erik Tim Müller, CEO of Eurex Clearing, has informed the supervisory board that he will not serve another three-year term after March 2025.
After nearly three decades with the firm, Müller will leave Deutsche Börse Group by the end of 2025 to pursue new entrepreneurial opportunities.
He says: “It's been a great honour to help shape the successful development of Deutsche Börse Group and Eurex in different leadership roles. Thank you to all colleagues, clients, partners and regulators for your continued support.”
Müller joined Deutsche Börse in 1997, taking over Group Treasury and Investor Relations after the IPO in 2001.
He then became a managing director for corporate strategy, and mergers & acquisitions.
Since 2013, he has been a member of the executive board of Eurex Clearing and a member of the Eurex Deutschland Management Board.
Additionally, Müller also serves on the board of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and is a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC’s) Global Markets Advisory Committee.
Thomas Book, executive board member for trading and clearing at Deutsche Börse Group, comments: “Over the last ten years, Erik Tim Müller was a driving force in positioning Eurex as a true partner to the industry and natural home of the Euro with clients, regulators, central banks, and governments globally. We are grateful to him for his essential contribution and dedication to Eurex.”
Stephan Leithner, CEO of Deutsche Börse Group, adds: “We thank Erik Tim Müller for almost three decades of commitment to Deutsche Börse Group. His entrepreneurship and stakeholder focus helped position Eurex for future growth.”
After nearly three decades with the firm, Müller will leave Deutsche Börse Group by the end of 2025 to pursue new entrepreneurial opportunities.
He says: “It's been a great honour to help shape the successful development of Deutsche Börse Group and Eurex in different leadership roles. Thank you to all colleagues, clients, partners and regulators for your continued support.”
Müller joined Deutsche Börse in 1997, taking over Group Treasury and Investor Relations after the IPO in 2001.
He then became a managing director for corporate strategy, and mergers & acquisitions.
Since 2013, he has been a member of the executive board of Eurex Clearing and a member of the Eurex Deutschland Management Board.
Additionally, Müller also serves on the board of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and is a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC’s) Global Markets Advisory Committee.
Thomas Book, executive board member for trading and clearing at Deutsche Börse Group, comments: “Over the last ten years, Erik Tim Müller was a driving force in positioning Eurex as a true partner to the industry and natural home of the Euro with clients, regulators, central banks, and governments globally. We are grateful to him for his essential contribution and dedication to Eurex.”
Stephan Leithner, CEO of Deutsche Börse Group, adds: “We thank Erik Tim Müller for almost three decades of commitment to Deutsche Börse Group. His entrepreneurship and stakeholder focus helped position Eurex for future growth.”
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