Dr. Filipe de Castro Soeiro

Co-Chair Advisory Board – Prof. Dr. phil. Dipl. Filipe de Castro Soeiro, Ph.D., M.Sc., M.B.A. Higher Education and Innovation international senior executive leader and administrator, professor and researcher

Prof. Dr. Filipe de Castro Soeiro is the President and Rector of XU Exponential University of Applied Sciences. He is also professor and researcher in Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0. Filipe is a senior international multidisciplinary academic, administrator, innovator, entrepreneur and executive leader C-level with 25+ years of experience in growth, innovation and transformation strategies who is market driven and oriented to disruptive and sustainable societal change impacts. Filipe is an expert in digitalization and has been driven successful navigation in complex and thriving HE institutions (Financial Times ranking) and corporate business ecosystems (Fortune 500) in multiple leading board executive, board adviser and professor roles in Europe, US and China. He is an avid learner, holding five degrees in STEM fields of knowledge.

Filipe is an avid reader, interested in expanding meditation techniques and holds the Black Belt Nidan graduation and is a certified coach and instructor in Okinawa Goju-Ryu Karate Do.

Filipe is Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of THE HEALTH CAPTAINS CLUB.