Benn is Director for Informing Policy (Parental Leave cover) at GBI, where he leads the dissemination of practice-based insights to policymakers and others.
Alongside his work for GBI, he is pursuing a PhD in business and human rights regulation at Queen’s University Belfast.
Benn was previously Associate Director for Human Rights at Forvis Mazars, where he supported multinational clients to embed the UNGPs and implement associated EU legislation. Prior to that role, Benn led the Member Peer Learning programme at GBI.
He has also worked with and consulted for a range of institutions, including the World Bank, the International Labour Organization, the Council on Ethics of the Swedish AP Funds, the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Benn is a graduate of the joint master's in Development Practice programme at Trinity College Dublin & University College Dublin. He holds a bachelor’s in Laws and Business from Trinity College Dublin.
- Communicating on Human Rights
- Downstream Human Rights Due Diligence: Informing Debate Through Insights from Business Practice
- Getting serious about downstream due diligence – where should your company start?
- Effective downstream human rights due diligence: Key questions for companies
- Why business and human rights practitioners can’t afford to forget about taxation
- COVID-19 and contract non-performance: wise companies are guided by business and human rights thinking co-authored with GBI's Chair, Andrea Shemberg