Intech Investment Team | Leadership and Investment

Vassilios Papathanakos, PhD

Written by Intech | December 29, 2021
  • 16 years of industry experience
  • Joined Intech in October 2006
  • Previously an instructor at undergraduate and graduate levels at Princeton University
  • PhD, Physics, Princeton University
  • BS, Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece

Dr. Papathanakos partners with Dr. Ryan Stever as co-deputy CIOs to ensure Intech’s investment team draws on leading-edge quantitative and analytical resources to capitalize on evolving capital markets. Dr. Papathanakos’ contributions will be aimed at implementing Intech’s investment process and researching potential enhancements.  

Prior to being named deputy chief investment officer in November 2012 and executive vice president, deputy chief investment officer in 2014, he was the firm’s director of research.  

Since joining Intech, Dr. Papathanakos has presented at several academic and professional conferences on the market capital and trading structure, as well as portfolio construction and analysis. He has also authored and collaborated on several academic and popularized papers on these topics.