Ben joined JLR in October 2021, and is Head of Strategic Foresight. His team acts as the ‘long-range telescope’ for the vision, strategy, and resilience in the business by deploying a team & mechanism to cultivate and interpret ‘signals’ or indicators of global change & disruption. Their primary responsibility is to anticipate, envisage and explore opportunities and threats to JLR’s strategy, identify growth opportunities, drive business resilience and help to futureproof the business. 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 that creativity can come from anywhere. Prior to joining Jaguar Land Rover, Ben spent nearly 10 years and held several leadership positions at the Interbrand Group of Companies, most recently as a Business Director & Global Head of Automotive for C Space, where he led the mobility strategy practice serving major blue-chip clients in the sector on insight, innovation, brand strategy and customer centricity projects.