Guiamatsia returns to Investment Trends as head of research

Irene Guiamatsia has returned to Investment Trends as its new head of research.

Guiamatsia spent the last two years with ASIC in market supervision and technology analyst roles. She previously spent more than five years with Investment Trends including as research director. She was the lead researcher on super fund member preferences for financial advice, private banking needs, and retail online share investing.

Investment Trends CEO Sarah Brennan said, "I'm delighted to have the invaluable expertise, experience and leadership of Irene in guiding our world-class team of industry experts. Investment Trends is ever focused on giving consumers a voice and improving outcomes in all markets we explore, and Irene and the team will strive to provide the highest quality research, data analytics and actionable insights to support our valued clients."

Guiasmatsia holds a PhD in aerospace engineering and held technical staff roles around the thermal design of satellite microprocessors before moving into computational mechanics in a post-doc at the University of Sydney.

The organisation noted that former research director Recep Peker will continue to consult with the business.