Ben is an international social impact and philanthropy leader with more than seven years of professional experience. He was born in the UK with Polish family roots and spent the last six years living in Chile.

Ben graduated with honours from the University of Bath in BSc International Management, specialising in strategic management and sociopolitics. His professional experience focuses on international relations, working for four years in trade at the British Chamber of Commerce and later the British Embassy, both based in Chile. More recently, Ben worked in institutional and philanthropic relations as an Advisor to the Chairman and later as Programme Manager in the Luksic Group, a leading Chilean private sector economic group.

Ben's interests lie in institutional change and capabilities to respond to challenges generated by low public trust and misinformation. He is passionate about public communication within complex information environments and how open government can lead to cohesive policy design.