Ben is currently an independent consultant supporting start-ups and large enterprises with their IT, security and privacy challenges. In addition Ben is the CIO of the Shell Alumni Network.
Ben is a seasoned international IT, Security and Privacy Manager.
After 25 years at Royal Dutch Shell, the last 6 years of which as deputy Group CISO, and 4 years as a Risk Advisory Partner at KPMG, consulting large corporations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Ben is currently an independent consultant supporting start-ups and large enterprises with their IT, security and privacy challenges.
Ben’s strength is to translate business risks into simple, effective and automated risk mitigation strategies and improvement programmes.
Before 2010, Ben has held a series of positions in the Royal Dutch Shell IT organisation, covering strategic advice, operations management, organisational transformation, and document & records management.
Ben started his career in the Royal Dutch Shell downstream research laboratory and holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics. Before joining Shell, he was a Post-Doc in Imperial College, London