Mr Bruno Horta Soares

Bruno has more than 20 years of Information and Technology Professional Services experience (Audit, Consulting, and Advisory), particularly in areas related to Governance of IT, Risk, Control, Audit, Information Security & Privacy, and Digital Transformation.

Started his career at Deloitte Consulting, worked in the Information Risk Management area at KPMG Portugal and for the Enterprise Risk Services area at Deloitte Portugal. In 2012 he founded GOVaaS - Governance Advisors as-a-service, where he is currently Senior Advisor, and since then devoted enthusiastically to advising, teaching, and training professionals and Organizations in Portugal, Angola, Brazil, and Mozambique. Currently, he actively collaborates with an ecosystem of local and international partners, particularly IDC Portugal where since 2015 he is the Leading Executive Senior Advisor for Digital Transformation, Governance of IT, Strategy, and Security related areas.

He teaches in different Masters, MBAs and Executive Programs in some of the most prominent Portuguese universities like ISCAC - Coimbra Business School, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University Europeia, , Católica Lisbon Business & Economics (UCP), University Católica de Angola, Porto Business School, ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, INDEG-ISCTE Executive Education, NOVA IMS Information Management School, Instituto Português de Corporate Governance and Instituto Português de Administração de Marketing (IPAM).

He’s the founder and Past-President of the ISACA Lisbon Chapter, a member of several professional associations in the areas of Auditing, IT Governance, and Project Management, and keynote speaker at various conferences and seminars. In 2019 he was selected as the recipient of the ISACA John Kuyers Award for Best Speaker “For leading multiple outstanding COBIT® 5 workshops at ISACA International conferences and for contributions in sharing knowledge at ISACA events”.

He has 5 years degree in Management and Computer Science, from ISCTE and an Executive Program in Project Management, from ISLA Campus Lisbon. He is certified in Project Management Professional (PMP®), from PMI®, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA®), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT®) and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC™) and COBIT® 5 Foundation (APMG individual accredited trainer) from ISACA®, ITIL® version 3 Foundation, ISO/IEC 27001 LA and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator.