Piet van Hove is the Secretary General of the HEROES European Universities Alliance, on behalf of Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Belgium. HEROES brings together nine professional higher education institutions from across Europe, focusing on ‘smart regional resilience’. Piet has been in international higher education for almost three decades. He served as vice president and president of the EAIE from 2020 to 2024. Piet is a board member of Taith (Wales) and the NGO Apopo.