Massimo leads Digital Economy research at ADIA Lab. He was Chief Economist at Algorand blockchain from 2019 to 2023 and Head of Interest Rate and Credit Modelling at Intesa Bank from 2008 to 2019. He has been Senior Advisor for the World Bank and the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and a Board member of the Blockchain consortium R3. Massimo is adjunct professor of Finance at Bocconi University and of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies at USI Lugano. He authored several papers on quantitative finance and risk management, and seminal books on Model Risk and Credit Risk, collateral and funding, beside pioneering technical articles on decentralized finance cited also by US regulators. He has a MSc in Economics and a PhD in Mathematics.