Ben is responsible for the way in which Paul Ramsay Foundation’s endowment, including dedicated impact funds, are invested, and in the deployment of catalytic capital. Ben's role also includes overseeing the design, structuring, and management of innovative financial instruments to leverage more capital for impact.
Alongside his role at PRF, Ben Chairs the Investment Committees for NAB's Impact Fund and NatWest Social and Community Capital. He holds the position of Adjunct Associate Professor at the Centre for Social Impact, Flinders University, and is Chair of Australia’s Foundations Group for Impact Investing (FGII).
Prior to joining PRF, Ben was Head of Impact Investment at Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the UK’s largest impact investing foundation. Ben previously established UnLtd’s – the UK’s largest early-stage social enterprise supporter – social investment department and first funds. Other notable activities in the space include co-authoring the CFA UK’s Impact and Investing Certificate, co-Chairing the UK’s Social Impact Investors Group and lecturing on Social Finance at Cranfield University and University of Westminster.
