Ben is Head of Strategic Foresight at JLR. His team acts as the ‘long-range telescope’ for the vision, strategy, and resilience in the business by leading a team that cultivates and interprets ‘signals’ or indicators of global change. Their primary responsibility is to explore opportunities and threats to the strategy, identify growth opportunities, drive business resilience and drive the long term vision for the business and all 4 of JLR’s brands; Range Rover, Defender, Discovery & Jaguar.
Ben also leads JLR’s open innovation efforts in the Web 3.0 & Generative AI space, working with start-ups to explore opportunities and accelerate time to market with POC’s.
Ben’s experience, passion and focus lies in provoking the business to think differently, respond to disruption and take calculated risks, fed by intelligence, foresight and the study of white space opportunities. He is passionate about diversity of thought, cocreation and inclusion to drive innovation, believing strongly that creativity can come from anywhere.
Prior to joining JLR, Ben spent nearly 10 years and held several leadership positions at C Space, most recently as a Business Director & Global Head of Automotive.