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SPEAKERS & SPONSORS = Endeavor Entrepreneur = Endeavor Investor Network Member Kristen Durham Silicon Valley Bank United States Allen Taylor Endeavor Global United States Kristen Durham is the Director for Latin America at Silicon Valley Bank, leading the bank's market development efforts among investors and entrepreneurs in the region. Kristen's practice focuses on providing insights and banking solutions to VC and PE funds, as well as to technology companies of all sizes in LatAm, and she also serves as a resource to SVB's U.S. clients as they consider expansion into the region. Kristen has a passion for helping companies access opportunities globally and has worked with Fortune1000 companies and for the US government in international roles in the past. She has an MS in Energy & Resources from the University of California-Berkeley and a BS from the University of Missouri. Based in San Francisco, Allen leads Endeavor's efforts to connect its portfolio of 600+ high-growth companies with US-based mentors and investors. He oversees the Endeavor Investor Network – a program he launched in 2011 to connect US- based venture capital and growth equity investors with high-impact entrepreneurs and local investment partners across Latin America, Turkey, the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia. Since joining Endeavor in 2006, Allen has facilitated thousands of mentoring connections, and helped Endeavor companies raise more than $500M in equity capital. Allen also serves as the Managing Director of Endeavor Catalyst, an innovative co-investment vehicle through which Endeavor can invest into its portfolio companies. Launched in January 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has made 22 investments to date across seven different emerging markets, including Globant (GLOB) in Argentina, Yemeksepeti.com in Turkey and Bebê Store in Brazil. Ignacio Munyo IEEM Business School, Universidad de Montevideo Uruguay Ignacio Munyo is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centro de Economía, Sociedad y Empresa at IEEM Business School, Universidad de Montevideo. He is a member of the Academia Nacional de Economía and the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores of Uruguay. Ignacio holds a PhD in Economics from Universidad de San Andrés and a Masters in Economics from the University of Chicago. In 2014, he received the Raul Trajtenberg National Prize in Economics – the most prestigious award in the field of economics in Uruguay, and has been published in numerous international academic journals.