Ollie Benham

Ollie Benham is a Director of Operations for CrossBoundary Energy with 18 years of experience across Development, Telecoms, and Energy. Ollie has 13 years of experience in Telecoms in business transformation, advisory, and product development roles, working with BT and Vodafone. Ollie has focused his delivery on emerging markets Telecoms working out of Vodacom and Safaricom, and leading projects such as Vodafone Group & Safaricom’s market entry into Ethiopia, the divestment of Vodafone Hungary, in addition to transformation projects across Vodafone’s Africa Partner Markets. Previously, Ollie worked for the UN in Africa and New York on post-conflict planning and funding mechanisms. Ollie holds an MBA from Said Business School, Oxford, and two MAs from Edinburgh (Geography) and Groningen (Humanitarian Aid).

Since 2023, Ollie has been developing the Telecom vertical within CrossBoundary, leading on the implementation and operation of distributed energy to digital infrastructure customers.