Executive Director, World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition, President, All.Can International

Alex Filicevas is a passionate cancer patient advocate focused on driving meaningful change in cancer research, policy and care. Alex is Executive Director of World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition, Global Cancer Coalitions Network member, President of All.Can International and EUPATI fellow. He leads the efforts to foster an international community of strong bladder cancer patient advocates and organizations around the world, empowering patient voices across research and care continuum. Passionate about high-quality, equitable cancer care for all, and the role of efficiency in achieving it, he champions evidence generation and sharing, and multi-stakeholder collaboration. Prior to his current roles, he was leading EU affairs work at Europe’s largest cancer patient umbrella organization, where he focused on advocacy activities, capacity building and policy initiatives with a particular focus on overarching issues faced by cancer patients and their careers in Europe. As a healthcare consultant, Alex has supported a number of private and non-governmental organizations in successful advocacy efforts at the EU level on a range of disease areas and issue-specific public health challenges.