About Ben
Former Chief Operating Officer of Google Europe who wrote the monetisation strategy still used across Search, YouTube and Mobile. Led three private equity-backed technology businesses as CEO. Previously served as an officer in the British Army's Royal Engineers during the Bosnian conflict, worked in strategy at McKinsey, and restructured Coca-Cola India. Now runs Digital People, a boutique advisory firm focused on helping CEOs and investors navigate AI adoption and organisational design for human-AI collaboration.
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SpeakerBusiness Leader / ExecutiveAuthorFuturistEntrepreneurMilitary and Security ExpertConsultant / AdvisorAgentic Business ModelsArtificial IntelligenceDigital Transformation
Known for
- Advising CEOs on building agentic businesses
- Providing investor analysis on AI value creation and destruction
- Monetisation blueprint for Google Search, YouTube and Mobile
- Turning around Coca-Cola India
- Relief of the Siege of Sarajevo with British Army
- Keynote speaking on AI and future of work
- Founding Digital People consultancy
- Founding The Portfolio Collective
- Co-authoring Marketing for CEOs: Death or Glory in the Digital Age
- Future-of-Work Authority
- Former COO of Google Europe
- Three-Time Tech CEO
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