Chris Smith started teaching Maths at Kilmarnock’s Grange Academy back in 2006. He joined the Scottish Mathematical Council in 2014 and is currently an Associate Member, responsible for liaising with the secondary Enterprising Mathematics in Scotland team. Chris is involved in various Maths Week Scotland initiatives: filming the Daily Challenges with the BBC and running the annual Maths wi nae Borders competition. He was awarded an MBE in 2004 for services to mathematics education and to the community in East Ayrshire. And early in 2026 he was one of the initial cohort of Fellows of the Academy for Mathematical Sciences. Chris is a former Scottish Teacher of the Year, and sings about Maths (hits include the PiMCA and Use a Ruler), speaks about Maths (including at the SMC Conference most years), writes about Maths (his book That’s Mathematics came out in March 2023), geeks out about Maths (he’s been writing a weekly Maths newsletter, with almost 5000 subscribers, since 2007), celebrates Maths (his TEDx talk is about PiDay antics), tweets about Maths (as @aap03102) and probably dreams about Maths