Pawel Swieboda

Founder and Director

Paweł Świeboda is Founder and Director of NeuroCentury, a brain health policy hub at the intersection of policy, science and industry. He is Co-Founder of the Brain Capital Alliance and Founding Advisor of the Global Brain Economy Initiativve, as well as Senior Visiting Fellow & Co-Director of the Brussels Economic Security Forum at the European Policy Centre, and Senior Fellow for Neurotechnology at the Centre for Future Generations. He is an Advisor the Euro-Mediterranean Economists’ Association.

In his previous role, he was Director General of the Human Brain Project and CEO of EBRAINS AISBL. In this capacity, he oversaw the building of the Research Infrastructure for the study of the brain - EBRAINS. In the earlier period, he was Deputy Head and Head of Research of the European Political Strategy Centre at the European Commission. He is a member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on the Economic and Societal Impact of Research and Innovation. He had served on the Global Agenda Council on Europe of the World Economic Forum. He is a member of the Council of WWF Polska, an advisor to European and global companies and policy organisations.