Maria Vassalou

Dr. Maria Vassalou joined the Pictet Group in January 2024 to build and head the Pictet Research Institute, a resource for Pictet Group which focusses on long-term strategic research topics ranging from macro and geopolitics to portfolio implementation issues. Prior to joining Pictet, Dr Vassalou was the co-Chief Investment Officer of Multi-Asset Solutions (MAS) within Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a member of the MAS Investing Core, where she managed group-wide investment policies, research, and investment resources.

Dr Vassalou was a partner and portfolio manager at Perella Weinberg Partners, where she ran the global macro business based on her own quantitative global macro strategies. Previously, Dr Vassalou was a global macro portfolio manager at SAC Capital and Head of Global Macro Investment Strategies at Soros Fund Management.

Before her career in asset management, Dr Vassalou was an associate professor of finance at Columbia Business School. She also served as President of the European Finance Association and was a research affiliate of CEPR. Dr Vassalou served on the Board of Directors of Tsakos Energy Navigation and Titan Cement International. She is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Gennadius Library at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
Maria Vassalou earned a BS in Economics from the University of Athens and a PhD in Financial Economics from London Business School.