Ben is Group General Manager, Human Resources at Mirvac, an ASX top 50 property company.  Ben is proud to be leading a progressive, pragmatic and commercially-focused HR team that in many ways is setting industry benchmarks for culture, flexibility, diversity & inclusion, and employee experience.  Ben has driven the creation of Mirvac’s ‘Join Grow Belong’ people strategy; played a key role in large-scale organisational change (including complex M&A); resetting Mirvac’s approach to performance, remuneration, talent management and belonging; transformation of Mirvac’s HR operations and technology (including experimenting and leveraging new technologies such as robotics); and embracing HR data and analytics. 

During Ben’s tenure at Mirvac, Mirvac has maintained consistently high levels of employee engagement, has been recognised as the Best Place to Work by AFR Boss, rated the #1 organisation in the world for gender equality by Equileap, and the inaugural winner of the 100% Human at Work award by Virgin Unite and CEO Magazine. Ben has enjoyed a less conventional pathway to the Head of HR role, starting his career as a Chartered Accountant and working as a lawyer and management consultant before joining the HR profession.  Prior to Mirvac, Ben’s roles included consulting at PwC and Deloitte, leading a consulting practice for Hay Group (now Korn Ferry), and a global HR role at Lendlease.  

In addition to his professional experience, Ben is an experienced lecturer to MBA and law students; a published author; and has been Chair of a number of industry groups, on the Boards of various not-for-profits, and a contributor to various philanthropic initiatives.