José Alves de Souza Neto

Dr. José Alves de Souza Neto is President of Cooperatives of the Americas, the regional organization of the International Cooperative Alliance. A dental surgeon by training, he was the founder and first President of the Uniodonto Athenas Paulista Cooperative in 1994. He later served as Vice President for Administration and Finance of the Federação Paulista de Uniodontos from 2001 to 2004, before becoming President of the organisation until 2007.

He currently serves as President of Uniodonto Athenas Paulista and Uniodonto do Brasil. He is also a member of the Supervisory Council of OCESP, the Organization of Cooperatives of the State of São Paulo, and Coordinator of the Health Sector at the Organization of Brazilian Cooperatives (OCB).

José Alves holds an MBA in Health Management from Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil and has completed an Executive Course in Negotiation at the University of California, Irvine, in the United States.