Ben’s career has spanned roles in North America, UK, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and Australia.

Ranking among most awarded creative leaders of the past decade, Ben has twice been recognised in the top five CCO’s in the world at the Cannes Festival, and in the Top 10 CCOs in the world on The Won Report.

Ben has recently joined DENTSU CREATIVE as the Chief Creative Officer for Australia and Aotearoa.

Before that Ben was a founding member of Australia’s fastest growing independent agency - HERO, which has just cracked the Campaign Brief top 10 in its first year.

Prior to HERO, Ben was CCO at Clemenger BBDO Sydney, which enjoyed the most successful period in its 38-year history, including winning Australian Agency of the Year and Network of the Year four times.

Before that, Ben led the creative renaissance at Y&R ANZ. In that time, Y&R was the most awarded Australian agency group at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity in 2013, 2015 and 2016, was Adnews, B&T, and Campaign brief magazines Australian 'Agency of the Year', the Australian EFFIES most effective agency, and twice been included in BRW magazines 50 most innovative companies.

Ben’s award tally currently stands at 87 Cannes Lions, 24 D&AD pencils, 36 Effies, three times most awarded ANZ network at Cannes and Spikes, the most awarded at D&AD, Cannes, Andy, One Show and New York festivals. Multiple Grande Prix, Grande Effie’s and Best of Shows. Agency of the Year titles at Campaign Brief, Adnews, B&T, Award and Effies. And a prized second place in the Winchelsea primary school district swimming champs.