Christoph Frei is a professor of mathematical finance. He received his PhD degree at ETH Zurich and was a postdoctoral researcher at École Polytechnique in Paris. He has published in top-tier journals in quantitative finance and risk management. His research is of both theoretical and applied nature, which is also reflected in ongoing collaborations with the financial industry. Currently, he is leading a Mitacs-supported multiyear project with ATB Financial, applying and developing ML techniques in risk management. To analyze potential social benefits and risks of central bank digital currencies, he was recently awarded an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.