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15 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS TUESDAY, JULY 12TH EDUARDO ALCALAY Managing Director, GP Investments Brazil Mr. Alcalay joined GP in 2005 as a Managing Director, and has served as head of the firm's private equity group since March 2012. Prior to joining the firm, he had more than 15 years of investment banking experience. Between 2008 and 2012, he acted as the CEO of Estácio, previously a GP portfolio company, having led a turnaround process that transformed it into the 2nd largest post-secondary education company in world, creating substantial value to shareholders. Mr. Alcalay is currently the chairman of the board of Estácio, and a member of the board of directors of Magnesita, Sascar and BHG. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of São Paulo. PATRICK ARIPPOL Director, DGF Investments Brazil Patrick is a Director at DGF Investments, where he leads acquisition sourcing, negotiation, and portfolio management activities for DGF's Venture Practice. Over the past 16 years, he specialized in building and investing in high-growth innovative companies. Before DGF, Patrick launched and managed an investment fund based in Silicon Valley, Delphis Capital, which focused in software, Internet, business services, and healthcare companies. Earlier, he co-founded and built 3 startups, including a California-based mobile payment technology company, and a leading Brazil-based provider of healthcare authorization/eligibility services (acquired by Tivit). Patrick began his career consulting for multinationals at Seer Technologies and the Monitor Company. RODRIGO BORGES Founding Partner, Domo Investments Brazil Rodrigo Borges has over 15 years experience developing, building, and managing new businesses and M&A. He created and founded Buscapé in 1998 and was directly involved in all investment rounds with Unibanco and Merrill Lynch (2000), Great Hill Partners (2005) and the company's exit of USD 342MM to Naspers (2009). Since 2014, he has been a partner at Koolen & Partner, an Brazilian-Dutch early stage investment holding whose portfolio companies include Hotmart, Gympass, Ubook, BoaConsulta and Men's Market. He is also a founding partner at DOMO Investments, an asset management company with BRL +250MM under management, focused in venture capital investments. Mr. Borges holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of São Paulo.

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