Economics, finance & technology

Matías
Ortiz.

I work where economics, finance, and technology meet. And I like to follow a good question wherever it leads.

Explore my workA little about me
01 / A wider perspective
Rooted in Bolivia. Curious about the world.

From Cochabamba, Bolivia. Based in Washington, D.C.

A personal collection of work & ideas

Currently

World Bank Group Treasury

Finance in service of development.

I’m a Junior Analyst at World Bank Group Treasury, working with the Advisory & Partnership team on the Reserve Advisory & Management Partnership (RAMP).

My work supports advisory engagements with public institutions and the information behind them: preparing technical missions, bringing data together, and measuring what participants learn in our workshops.

  • Public asset management
  • Data & reporting
  • Capacity building

01 / Selected work

Questions turned into work.

A few things I’ve researched, written, and helped build. Each began with a question worth spending time on.

02 / The longer story

It started with
a book about the stars.

When I was twelve, my grandfather gave me a copy of Cosmos by Carl Sagan. It opened up a much larger world. Alongside the fascination with the universe came a question closer to home: how could we understand—and improve—the way we live together?

Economics became one way to pursue that question. I studied Economics at Universidad Privada Boliviana and Finance at the University of London, under the academic direction of LSE. Research taught me to examine an argument. Building things taught me to find out whether it works.

In 2025, I left Bolivia for a summer at World Bank Treasury. I returned to Washington as a Junior Analyst in 2026. The setting has changed, but the impulse is familiar: learn carefully, ask better questions, and put what I learn to use.

03 / Along the way

Learning, then doing. Then learning again.

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Experience

  1. Mar 2026 — present

    Junior Analyst

    World Bank Group Treasury

    Advisory & Partnership (TREAP) · Technical advisory support, data integration, and workshop learning evaluation.

  2. May — Aug 2025

    Treasury Summer Intern

    World Bank Treasury

    Rotations in Financial Technology, Banking Operations, and Asset Liability Management & Policy. AI automation, swap-pricing support, and liquidity projections.

  3. Oct 2024 — Feb 2025

    Research Assistant

    Universidad Privada Boliviana

    Coauthored a teaching case on the Misicuni Multipurpose Project, with research and interviews with key decision-makers.

  4. Sep — Oct 2024

    Data Analytics Intern

    DATAX

    Designed and built an automated economic-reporting workflow using Python, VBA, and the OpenAI API.

  5. Jan — Mar 2024

    Research Assistant

    Centre for Research in Economics & Entrepreneurship

    Collected and organized macroeconomic data and implemented ARIMA/SARIMA inflation-forecasting models.

Education & distinctions

2022–2025

BSc Finance

University of London

Academic direction: London School of Economics and Political Science. First Class Honours · 78.38/100.

Highest global mark in Principles of Banking and Finance (FN1024), 2024.

2021–2025

BS Economics

Universidad Privada Boliviana

Summa Cum Laude · 97.71/100. Dean’s List for eight consecutive semesters.

Economics Students’ Board: Treasurer, 2023; President, 2024.

2024–2025

Quantitative Methods for Economic Analysis

Universidad Privada Boliviana

Certificate program · 98.8/100. Econometrics, statistical computing, and impact evaluation.

Passed Level I of the CFA Program2026

04 / Beyond the desk

There is always more to be curious about.

01

Music

Violin, classical music, and the sounds I grew up with. Learning the charango and zampoña connected me to Bolivia’s musical traditions.

02

Ideas

Science, philosophy, and the books that make me reconsider an assumption. Cosmos is still part of that story.

03

Possibilities

Chess, new technologies, and the satisfaction of making a process work a little better. I enjoy both understanding things and trying them.

05 / Let’s connect

Good conversations
start somewhere.

A shared interest, an interesting question, or a chance to work together—I’d be glad to hear from you.

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