Filipe is part of Pride@SAP Brazil since its creation, in 2012, and has been the leader of the chapter since 2016. He has led on awareness initiatives, such Trans Visibility Awareness Day, empathy, diversity & inclusion workshops, gender identity and sexual orientation knowledge transfer. He has been working with the Diversity & Inclusion Global Office and PRIDE@SAP global leadership to make SAP one of the most recognized companies in Brazil for LGBT inclusion and in Pride Month this year, they were the first SAP location, worldwide, to hoist the Pride Flag. Externally, he is a member of the “Comissão de Diversidade Sexual da OAB”, the “Brazilian Lawyer Organization – Sexual Diversity Commission”, which fights for LGBT+ rights in Brazil. He also worked to create the LGBT+ Summit in 2014, which is an inter-company event to share LGBT diversity best practices. He mentors other companies that are creating their own LGBT ERGs in Brazil and supports an LGBT mentoring program, with the aim to empower LGBTs with innovation tools such as Design Thinking and innovative mind-set.
