Ben Legg is an engineer of business transformation. As the former COO of Google Europe and a former British Army officer, he has built bridges in war zones and engineered hyper-growth in boardrooms. Today, Ben operates at the intersection of AI, talent, and capital. He is the CEO and Co-founder... Read more
Ben Legg is an engineer of business transformation. As the former COO of Google Europe and a former British Army officer, he has built bridges in war zones and engineered hyper-growth in boardrooms.
Today, Ben operates at the intersection of AI, talent, and capital. He is the CEO and Co-founder of The Portfolio Collective, the leading global community helping professionals build portfolio careers for a fast-changing world. He also serves as a strategic advisor to institutional investors on Wall Street, helping them decode opportunity and risk in the AI and technology sectors.
His career is defined by high-stakes leadership. From the Siege of Sarajevo to the executive suites of Coca-Cola and McKinsey, Ben has lived the challenges of crisis management and strategic pivots. As COO of Google Europe, he helped commercialise the platforms that define the modern internet – Search, YouTube, AdWords – giving him a unique “insider” perspective on the tech giants that still dominate the landscape.
Ben’s keynotes move beyond the hype to offer practical, data-driven blueprints for execution. He is a “Pragmatist” who helps leaders:
On stage, Ben is high-energy, authoritative, and refreshingly direct. He challenges audiences to stop fearing disruption and start engineering their own future.