Ben is an experienced charity leader specialising in transforming organisational strategies, driving growth, increasing impact, and ensuring effective delivery. Over the past 15 years, Ben has worked in various roles within the charity sector in the UK and internationally, including programmatic, fundraising, partner management, and senior leadership roles. Ben also has experience of founding a charity, which he ran voluntarily for seven years, before merging with a larger organisation.
Ben joined On Call Africa as our first full-time member of staff as CEO in 2019, shortly after completing his Masters in Education, Health Promotion and International Development at UCL. Ben has helped to oversee exponential growth in terms of impact and size over the last five years. In 2024, after 5 years of remarkable work, Ben transitioned from OCA as Nkandu took over the CEO role on 1st October 2024.
Ben returned to OCA in July 2025 as a Trustee.
In his free time Ben loves to explore the great outdoors by hiking, running and cycling.