Ben Simpson

Ben Simpson is the founder and CEO of Easol, a company that provides event management services. Prior to starting Easol, Ben was a co-founder of Running Wild, an event promoter that operated over 500 events a year across 8 cities with over 250,000 admissions annually. Ben also co-founded Rise Festival, an annual independent snow sports and music festival in the award winning resort of Les 2 Alps.

Before their work in event management, Ben was the managing director of Rough Hill, a youth marketing and experiential agency that was sold to Chime Plc in early 2012. Ben developed Rough Hill into an agency with clients that included O2, Coca-Cola and Microsoft.

Some individuals on their team include Sasha Gerrand - CTO, Bobbi Montgomery Heath - Chief Commercial Officer, and Lisa Simpson - Founder & Chief Creative Officer.