• Antonio Soave
  
• Website: 
  capistranoglobal.com
• Position: 
  CEO/Managing Director
  Capistrano Global Advisory Services

Bio

Antonio J. Soave is the CEO of Capistrano Global Advisory Services (CGA). Within CGA, he has assisted a myriad of businesses to expand their operations abroad, establish joint ventures, and form strategic alliances. Antonio is also active in business restructuring consulting, as well as corporate turn-around. His geographic areas of competence and specialization are the Middle East, Europe and South America. Since 2001, he has been overseeing various offices and staffs in Kansas City, Detroit, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sao Paulo and Verona.

Antonio also served as the Executive Director of the School of Business at Benedictine College, founded the Journal of International Business, and created the first International Business Advisory Council (I-BAC) as well as the Global Financial Summit (GFS) at Benedictine College in 2009.

From 1988 to 2000, Antonio was founder and former CEO of RGI International, a boutique investment banking and marketing consulting firm, where he became a leader in the consolidation of large manufacturing facilities around the globe.

Antonio later teamed up with the WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort in 1998 to create the World Youth Soccer Academy™ at Disney's Wide World of Sports® Complex. This four-year operation led to the creation of a children's television program, a line of sports gear for kids, and an Internet portal for international understanding.

Due to his extensive writing in law school, Antonio later became a prolific writer, author and commentator on issues concerning international and foreign affairs. He is the author of various articles, journals, screenplays and novellas. His works include: The Journal of International Law and Practice (4 volumes), My Beloved Croatia (political biography), and The Consequence (novella).

During the early years of his professional career, Antonio was an adjunct professor of international economics and international business (graduate level) at the Walsh College of Business in Troy, Michigan. He was also an intern at The White House in the Office of Public Liaison's Department of Foreign Policy and Defense under President Ronald Reagan.

In the late '90's, Antonio received an honorary "knighthood" from the Antiche Tradizioni Veronesi in Verona, Italy for his work in improving business relations between Italy and the United States.

Antonio has a B.A. in International Studies from The American University in Washington, D.C., a Juris Doctor from the Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University, and an LLM (Masters of Law) in International Law from the University of San Diego. He is a former high school All-American athlete in the sport of soccer and plays ice hockey as a hobby. He is also a volunteer with One Voice, the joint Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative.