Dr. Chris Purves

Chris was appointed as Co-Head Group Emerging Technology in October 2023. He leads overall coordination of AI efforts at UBS, driving alignment and common standards across the firm. His responsibilities also include oversight over digital assets, strategic investment and corporate venture activities.
Chris has been at UBS since 2010, in a number of client-facing digitalization and execution roles. In addition, he has led the IB’s Strategic Development Lab and has held the role of Chair for UBS Digital Ventures. Before his time at UBS, he had worked for Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank as we all Commerzbank AG.
He holds a MSc Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University and has a PhD in Particle Physics from Bristol University / CERN.