Ben Cooper-Woolley

Ben Cooper-Woolley has a diverse work experience in the fields of digital advisory, entrepreneurship, and GIS. Ben co-founded SiteHive in 2019 and worked as an Entrepreneur In Residence at Antler for a short period in the same year. From 2017 to 2019, they served as the Digital Advisory Australasia Group Leader at Arup, leading a team of specialists in strategic design, analytics, visualization, and software engineering. Ben also held positions as the Digital Skills Network Leader and Digital Advisory NSW Team Leader at Arup. Prior to Arup, Ben worked as a GIS Officer for the Environment Agency and as a GIS Team Leader at the Rural Payments Agency. Ben started their career as a GIS Specialist at Black & Veatch, where they worked on a data management project for the Rural Payments Agency.

Ben Cooper-Woolley completed a Masters Module in Smart Cities & Urban Policy at Imperial College Business School in 2014. Prior to this, they obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Marine Geography from Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd.