Juan Carlos Orrego

Juan Carlos Orrego joined the Growth Lab as a Research Fellow in 2024. Before joining the Growth Lab, Juan Carlos dedicated his career to crafting and strengthening Peruvian public policies, first at a private consulting firm and later within the public sector at the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

During his time in government, he focused on designing and implementing results-based financing mechanisms that reward institutions financially for meeting predefined targets. Most recently, he served as a Policy Fellow in the New Mexico State Government, where he contributed to the state’s economic development plan update. Juan Carlos holds a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidad del Pacífico in Lima, Peru.