Executive Adviser, Office of Social Impact, Queensland Treasury
Ben Gales is currently leading the Office of Social Impact at Queensland Treasury, and Board member and Chair of the Investment Committee at SEFA (Social Enterprise Finance Australia). He was previously Chief Impact Officer at Paul Ramsay Foundation, and held a number of senior executive roles in NSW Government. A former CEO, venture capitalist, and Commonwealth Government advisor. He has experience in impact investing at: SEFA; Paul Ramsay Foundation; launching the UK Social Investment Taskforce in 2000 under Sir Ronald Cohen; and development of the first Social Impact Bonds in Australia, Newpin
and Resilient Families
. Ben has a MA in Economics from Cambridge University and a MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
