Hugo Tadeu

Hugo Tadeu is a director at Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), one of the most prestigious business schools in Latin America, where he leads the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Research Center and STC, an executive education program for C-Level managers with Kellogg School of Management, Chicago. With over 15 years of experience in corporate innovation, digital strategy, and corporate venture capital, he has a proven track record of delivering cutting-edge research, executive education, and consulting projects on innovation and digitalization for large corporations, governments, and startups.

He is also a board member and advisor for several organizations, and non-profit entities. He writes regularly for Revista Exame, Revista Época Negócios, and Meio & Mensagem, sharing his insights and perspectives on innovation, technology, and business trends. He is a visiting professor at the Nova School of Business and Economics. He has research partnerships with HEC Montreal, the World Economic Forum (WEF), IMD, and PwC. He has taught at other renowned institutions, such as the University of British Columbia, Curtin University, ESCP, and Insper. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from PUC Minas, a Post-Doc from the University of British Columbia, and executive education certificates from IBGC, Clayton Christensen Institute, MIT, Singularity University, and Nova SBE. He is passionate about his family, people, marathons, reading, writing, and education to change the world.