Irene is a founding partner of Algo-Chain, a firm providing Investment Research & Solutions to the Wealth Management industry.

Previously, Irene has been at iShares, BlackRock, providing portfolio solutions for the iShares Client Group, along with insights gained from a rigorous ETF investment research process and is a leading specialist in the field of optimized portfolio construction models. Prior to that, Irene gained experience across all aspects of ETFs while designing and researching new ETF products at iShares, covering the fixed income, equities, commodities & alternatives asset classes.

In her time at Barclays Global Investors Irene worked within the asset allocation team in the Global Macro fund, where she applied her expertise to the scientific investment approach of BGI. Her career in the financial services industry started at ABN Amro where she was responsible for the modelling of structured products, specializing in mortgage-backed securities.

Irene has a degree in mathematics from the University of Augsburg, Germany, completing her doctorate thesis in numerical mathematics at the University of Heidelberg. After obtaining her PhD, Irene spent several years focusing on the commercial development of statistical models and optimisation tools.