Christian is Chief Research Officer at Diginex based in Hong Kong, where he oversees all technical and quantitative teams. Previously he was a Director at Mizuho, responsible for quantitative research and trading technology for the Global Convertible Bonds desk. Prior to this, he worked at d-fine as a quantitative consultant to investment banks, hedge funds and insurance companies. He also worked as a researcher and research group leader at Massey University Auckland, the University of New South Wales and the University of Paderborn. He holds an MSc in Physics from Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, an MSc in Mathematical Finance from Oxford University and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Massey University Auckland.