As an active consultant, analyst, marketeer and blogger, Ben is recognised as an international thought leader in converging media and sustainability. After ten years in IT at Logica CMG, he became CTO of a music start-up during the Internet bubble. During the next ten years with Orange, he helped adapt the operator to the Internet, launching media-based services. Since 2008, Ben has helped international clients with strategy, business, communications and technology. He has penned over a dozen in-depth industry white papers and contributes to several blogs. Ben has worked within trade organisations since 2015, the most recent of which is Greening of Streaming. In 2017, Ben added blockchain expertise to his skillset. Ben has been a green activist since his teens and is active in several industry sustainability initiatives as he believes we can only fix the existential climate crisis together.