BEN WILSON

CEO & Founder

Ben Wilson is the Group Managing Director of HSE Global, formally Wilson Consulting Group (WCG) and brings more than 25 years of senior and executive leadership experience in professional services, operations management, project management and international sales to this role. Ben currently acts in Board of Director roles for Global Safety Index and PAMU Academy New Zealand and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Ben is passionate about working with Organisations, Industry Groups and Executive leadership teams to drive operational excellence and sustainability through optimising Health, Safety, Environment and overarching risk profile of organisations and operating teams. In 2011, Ben established WCG, which has grown to be one of Australia and New Zealand’s premier OHS consultancies which helps businesses develop the strategies, capabilities and behaviours required to build a high performing WHS safety culture. As MD of WCG, Ben has successfully assisted over 40 of Australia, New Zealand and world leading organisations to achieve a step change in their operating performance and organisational culture. Ben began his career with BHP Billiton, starting in engineering and working across roles in senior operational leadership and international sales for both BHP Billiton and BlueScope Steel for over 12 years. After BlueScope Steel, Ben joined BTS, a publicly listed global strategy consulting firm, as the Managing Director Australasia and Global Practice leader for Safety and Operational Excellence. Ben has built deep professional experience in assisting complex, global organisations to understand, define and execute strategy to improve their safety performance. Ben is a highly regarded public speaker, addressing audiences in Australia, Asia, South Africa and Europe about high performance safety culture, safety strategy development and execution, and contractor management and safety leadership. Ben was selected to attend TEDConnect in May 2015 to represent a world first project he developed with Global Safety Index. In addition to Ben’s practical experience in safety leadership, he holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Wollongong, Master Project Director Certification with the Australian Institute of Project Management and has partaken in the Executive Leaders Program at the Harvard Business School at UWA. Ben resides in Australia with his wife and three children, and devotes his spare time to his family, friends and enjoying outdoor sports and personal fitness.