Ben leads the GIE Foundation, overseeing its strategic direction, advocacy and partnerships in conjunction with the Board of Directors. His focus is on ensuring that GIEF’s work is impactful and positioned to inform decision-makers on critical global challenges.

​Before founding GIEF, Ben worked in international consulting and political advisory, including roles at Mercer and Edelman, where he advised governments and institutions across Europe and the Middle East. 

His work included senior advisory roles on energy infrastructure, campaign politics, institutional reform, crisis strategy, and democratic development. He has also served as senior advisor to high-level public and private sector projects across the UK and EU.

He is also the senior advisor to Aquind, which aims to build Europe’s largest green energy interconnector between Britain and France.

​A dual US–Italian citizen, Ben holds a Master’s in Politics from the University of Edinburgh and speaks English, Italian, Russian, and French.