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Andres Avendano

Former Associate at Chingona Ventures

Chicago, Illinois

Writes $250K – $1M checks · typically $625K

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About

Andres Avendano is a Senior Financial Risk Manager at Adyen, where he designs financial risk frameworks and operating models to support merchant and platform growth. He previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company advising Fortune 500 companies on strategy and risk, and spent over five years in corporate and investment banking roles in the U.S. and Latin America, leading the origination and syndication of structured cross-border financing transactions. He holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management with majors in Strategy and Finance, and a B.B.A. from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia.

Experience

  1. AdyenSenior Financial Risk Managercurrent2025 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
  2. McKinsey & CompanyAssociate2023 — 2025Chicago, Illinois, United States
  3. J.P. MorganSummer Associate - Private Banking2022New York, New York, United States
  4. Chingona VenturesMBA Associate2022Chicago, Illinois, United States
  5. BNP Paribas CIBAssociate - Loan Capital Markets2019 — 2021New York, New York, United States
  6. BNP Paribas CIBAssociate - Credit Risk Management2019New York, New York, United States
  7. BNP Paribas CIBAnalyst - Credit Risk Management2017 — 2019New York, New York, United States
  8. BNP Paribas CIBAnalyst - Financial Institutions Coverage2016 — 2017Bogotá D.C., Colombia
  9. KPMG NederlandIntern - Innovation Advisory2015Amsterdam, Netherlands

Skills & more

Teamwork18Business Strategy8Management Consulting8Leadership5Microsoft Office15Microsoft Excel11Capital Markets1Financial Analysis2Due DiligenceCollaborative Problem SolvingLegal Document AnalysisFinancial Risk Management
+2 moreCreditCritical Thinking

Languages English · French · Spanish

  • Bloomberg Market Concepts — Bloomberg
  • Series 63 — NASAA
  • SIE & Series 79 — FINRA

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Who is Andres Avendano?
Andres Avendano is a Senior Financial Risk Manager at Adyen, where he designs financial risk frameworks and operating models to support merchant and platform growth. He previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company advising Fortune 500 companies on strategy and risk, and spent over five years in corporate and investment banking roles in the U.S. and Latin America, leading the origination and syndication of structured cross-border financing transactions. He holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management with majors in Strategy and Finance, and a B.B.A. from Universidad de los Andes in Colombia.
What check size does Andres Avendano write?
Andres Avendano typically writes checks of $250K – $1M.
Where did Andres Avendano go to school?
Andres Avendano studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Universidad de Los Andes (Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)); Maastricht University (Academic Exchange Program).

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