Feature Team Members

Melanie Martinz is an Analyst with the International Trade topic of the Business Ready Unit. She joined the team in July 2023. Prior to joining the World Bank, she worked on digital trade policy at the St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade. She also served as Co-Project Lead for a multi-country digital trade regulatory analysis, overseeing comparative research across 16 economies. Alongside her studies, she worked as a Researcher on projects in trade policy, European constitutional law, and climate change. She holds a Master’s degree in European and International Studies from the University of Innsbruck, where her thesis received the Best Thesis Award from the Austrian Political Science Association, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Vienna. She is fluent in German and Spanish.