Oleksiy Kondratyev obtained his PhD in Mathematical Physics from the Institute for Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, where his research was focused on studying phase transitions in quantum lattice systems. Oleksiy has over 20 years of quantitative finance experience, primarily in banking. He was recognised as Quant of the Year 2019 by Risk magazine and joined Abu Dhabi Investment Authority as a Quantitative Research & Development Lead in the summer of 2021.