Meet the Devex Authors

Bekki Field

Bekki Field

Bekki Field leads Cancer Research U.K.’s international cancer prevention program, which supports tobacco control and cervical cancer prevention in low- and middle-income countries.
Ben Crawford

Ben Crawford

Ben Crawford is an experienced CEO with a demonstrated history of leading public companies in the internet industry. He is currently the CEO of CentralNic, a global domain registry provider focused on emerging economies that is listed on the London Stock Exchange. He was previously a private consultant specializing in strategy, launches, and M&As for the technology and media industries.
Ben Davies

Ben Davies

Ben Davies is the global leader of the Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation. In his role, Davies is responsible for the delivery of the center’s strategy globally and for realizing its vision of supporting and championing the people at the frontlines of delivering care. Davies is a seasoned corporate social responsibility professional with close to 20 years’ experience spanning a career working for leading organizations across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.
Ben Donaldson

Ben Donaldson

Ben Donaldson is a co-editor of Blue Smoke — an initiative that shines a spotlight on United Nations appointment processes and calls for more accountable U.N. leaders. He also advises NGOs on arms control and disarmament issues.
Ben Jackson

Ben Jackson

Ben Jackson is the former CEO of Bond.
Ben Knapen

Ben Knapen

Ben Knapen is the Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He began his career as a history teacher in 1976 before working as a journalist for the NRC Handelsblad newspaper and NOS news. Knapen has been supervisory director at Goede Doelen N.V. and a member of the executive committee of Vereniging AEGON, the supervisory board of the KRO broadcasting company and the Advisory Council on International Affairs.
Ben Leo

Ben Leo

Ben Leo is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and director of the Rethinking U.S. Development Policy initiative. Leo’s research primarily focuses on the rapidly changing development finance environment, with particular emphasis on private capital flows, infrastructure and debt dynamics. Prior to CGD, Leo served as a facilitator and technical expert in secession negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan for the African Union, and as the director and presidential adviser for African affairs at the White House.
Ben Simms

Ben Simms

Ben Simms is the chief executive of THET, the organization at the forefront of supporting partnerships that engage British health professionals as global health volunteers. Ben was previously director of STOPAIDS, the network of 80 U.K. agencies working to secure an effective global response to HIV and AIDS and has worked extensively in health across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Ben Stockton

Ben Stockton

Ben Stockton is a freelance investigative reporter based in New York who writes for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. He investigates wrongdoing by multinational corporations, authoritarian regimes, and wealthy individuals, and his work has been featured in the likes of The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Los Angeles Times.
Ben Thurley

Ben Thurley

Ben Thurley is political engagement coordinator in Australia for the Micah Challenge, an international campaign that encourages Christians around the world to support the Millennium Development Goals. Thurley previously worked in development advocacy, capacity-building and education at TEAR Australia and the United Nations mission in Nepal.