Co-Pierre Georg is an Associate Professor at the UCT School of Economics where he holds the South African Reserve Bank Research Chair in Financial Stability Studies. He is the course convener for UCT's MPhil in Financial Technology and his research centers around financial innovation and financial stability. Co-Pierre is a Research Associate at the Oxford Martin School for the 21st Century and a Research Affiliate at Columbia University's Center for Global Legal Transformation. He is a consultant at Boston-based blockchain company Algorand and held visiting positions at the MIT, Princeton, Columbia University and Oxford University.