From serving as a British Army officer during the relief of the Siege of Sarajevo, to the turnaround of Coca-Cola India, to hypergrowth at Google, Ben brings a rare “warrior-to-boardroom” perspective: making the right call under scrutiny, with imperfect information, when the stakes are high. He advises 5-10 senior business leaders every week – from FTSE 100 boards to private equity to tech hyperscalers. He is also a leading advisor to Wall Street investors trying to understand the flood of new technologies coming out of Silicon Valley. His counsel therefore reflects the cutting-edge opportunities and risks facing business today.

Ben’s approach as a mentor is to cut through the hype. He believes the leaders who win the next decade will not be the busiest “doers” but the clearest “designers of the machine” – redesigning how their organisation enables human and AI collaboration rather than bolting AI onto old processes. He is a pragmatic, candid sounding board who has sat in the operator’s seat through disruption and explains complex change in plain English, alongside a practical blueprint for what to do on Monday morning.

Ben is co-author of the award-winning Marketing for CEOs: Death or Glory in the Digital Age, a sought-after keynote speaker, and has lived in nine countries and worked across more than 60 markets.