After starting his career at a boutique private equity fund in Shanghai, Ben worked in capital markets and real estate having been part of the founding team of the UK’s first residential Real Estate Investment Trust, KCR Residential REIT Plc, which he took through the IPO process in 2015 and acted as Director of Property Acquisitions. After managing the sale of a majority stake in KCR to private equity fund Torchlight Group, Ben has been engaged as a consultant in real estate private equity and as a founding team member of innovative home finance platform Liqquid.

Ben has a degree in Law (LLB) from the University of Bristol and a Masters in Management (MSc) from SOAS. Ben speaks mandarin Chinese and German with fluency.