Benjamin Turner Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Gb

Harpenden, Hertfordshire, Gb

Transformed Agrimetrics from an academic/R&D-focused business into the prime data exchange for the agrifood, natural capital, and environmental sectors. Pivotal in shaping our overarching vision and impact goal, becoming a critical part of the national data-sharing infrastructure, to catalyse the UK economy.Drove the strategy to achieve product-market fit, and now entrusted to run Defra’s data services platform, a multi-million pound contract that we won ahead of SI giants. We are the engine through which UK PLC accesses over 10,000 of Defra's important open and proprietary government data assets (~1 billion API hits/20 terabytes transferred per month). Bid for and won the Cabinet Office contract to be the UK Government's data marketplace for Essential Shared Data Assets, further cementing Agrimetrics's importance within the UK economy. Emerged as a thought leader who creates impactful change through trusted data sharing. Sought after to join industry-wide task forces and to bring an independent viewpoint to national data advisory panels.

Led programmes of digital and data transformation for the C-suite of blue-chips in retail/hospitality, FMCG, media, banking, and professional services. Advised early stage/high growth digital, data, and sustainability businesses – sometimes as a non-exec Director.

London, Gb

Reinvigorated the company to become the UK’s leading cloud computing and virtualisation service provider, securing a 5-fold increase in equity value for the founders via a trade sale. Launched an innovative technology managed service, and sold and onboarded the first blue-chip clients – multi-million pound contracts with Deloitte, Norton Rose, CPA Global, and others. Overhauled the channel model for sales and support of a desktop-as-a-service platform.

London, Gb

Accelerated the UK's fastest growing cloud and digital service provider. Consistently in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100, one year winning Best Management Team.Owned Group P&L and ran all end-to-end business operations. In under three years, grew the business profitably from £5m to £30m pa revenues, whilst three-folding revenues per employee. Participated in the Group MBO, disposed of two businesses, and acquired and integrated two other businesses before exit.