PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

The expansion of digital technology has allowed Ben to spend the last 15 years working in an industry that he is passionate about. Ben’s career so far has allowed him to build a vast knowledge base across the digital landscape from both a commercial and marketing perspective, as well as indulging a creative side whilst building campaigns across multiple markets.

He has strong experience across ad technology platforms, social networks, portals, peer to peer and mobile platforms. Ben has been lucky enough to speak about the subjects that excite him including digital futures, brand exploitation and maximising marketing effectiveness.

Ben has worked across many territories with major agency groups, a huge number of Fortune 500 brands and start-ups to help them realise their digital ambitions. He considers his experience to make him a well-rounded candidate with a fantastic network, held in high esteem by those he has worked with and for.

Before joining JCDecaux Ben ran Mashable in EMEA and South East Asia.

HOME LIFE

Ben is married to Anna and has three young daughters. If that wasn’t challenging enough he also enjoys training at altitude and the occasional marathon. Ben is also helping to set up a charity organisation at the moment to maximise the use of company backed volunteering which has gained support from some major corporates. In his spare time he also helped Chelsea Football club set up a digital advisory board, which he sits on.

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