Cathérine Casanova's (formerly Koch) research interests cover international banking and regulation, financial market integration, and microdata econometrics. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Zurich (2012) and worked there as a postdoctoral researcher until August 2014. During her PhD, she visited Columbia University and conducted part of her research at the Deutsche Bundesbank. She held a scholarship from the German National Merit Foundation during her studies. Between November 2016 and April 2017 she was assigned to the BIS Office in Hong Kong SAR.