Co-Pierre Georg is currently the Director of the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center. He was the Director of the UCT Financial Innovation Hub during his post as a Professor at the University of Cape Town and an Associate Professor at EDHEC Business School. During his time at UCT he also held the position of the SARB Chair in Financial Stability Studies and the NRF SARChI SA/Switzerland Bilateral Research Chair in Blockchain as the Foundation Digital Property Rights and DataMarkets.

Co-Pierre is the original convener for the MPhil in Financial Technology masters at UCT where he continues to teach the course on "Fintech and Cryptocurrencies" as a visiting lecturer as of 2025. His research interests focus on the nexus of financial innovation and financial stability. He obtained his PhD from the University of Jena in 2011 and has published both in finance and interdisciplinary journals.

Co-Pierre’s research has received awards from the Algorand Foundation, the Ripple University Blockchain Research Initiative, the European Central Bank and the Volkswagen Foundation. He has been a consultant at various central banks and held visiting positions at MIT, Oxford, Princeton, and Columbia University. Aside from being a Research Associate at the Oxford Martin School for the 21st Century, Co-Pierre is a Research Associate at the Imperial College Center for Global Finance and Technology, as well as a Research Affiliate at the Columbia University Center for Global Legal Transformation.