As Senior Vice President of QS, Ben heads up the Institutional Performance Unit and is responsible for the company’s reputation and institutional performance solutions portfolio. As a leading expert on comparative performance in international higher education, Ben leads a team of over 100+ experts that deliver and develop QS’ innovative products such as QS Stars rating system, the QS EduData Summit, the Reimagine Education Awards as well as sector-leading reports and publications.
Outside of QS
Ben’s academic background is Computer Science, and he graduated from the University of Nottingham. Between university and QS, he was on the national committee, latterly as President of the student charity AIESEC.
At home, family is important to Ben. He enjoys spending time with his two boys and has a penchant for board games, sci-fi movies and TV.
Areas of expertise
Institutional Performance
Rankings and Global Benchmarking
Insights and Analysis
Innovation in Education
Sustainability
Global Engagement
Employability
Product Development
Influential work
A founding thinker behind the QS World University Rankings
Developed our approach to evaluate institutions by discipline
Architected the early frameworks for the QS Stars rating system
Designed, built and delivered the early prototypes of the benchmarking service that later evolved into our QS Analytics platform
Championed sustainability in our external evaluations and internal operations leading to our pursuit of and achievement of Carbon Neutral Company Certification
Personally visited more than 50 of the top 100 universities amongst countless others
Frequently sought-after conference speaker on institutional performance and sustainability.
Represented QS at COP29