Ben Page is Chief Executive of Ipsos MORI and sits on the Global Ipsos Management Council. He joined MORI in 1987 after graduating from Oxford University in 1986, and was one of the leaders of its first management buyout in 2000. A frequent writer and speaker on leadership and performance management, he has directed hundreds of surveys examining service delivery, customer care and communications.
From 1987-1992 Ben worked in our private sector business on corporate reputation and consumer research, working for companies like Shell, BAE Systems, Sky TV and IBM. Since 1992 he has worked closely with both Conservative and Labour ministers and senior policy makers across government, leading on work for Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, the Home Office and the Department of Health, as well as a wide range of local authorities and NHS Trusts.
He is absolutely committed to ensuring survey research makes a difference for decision makers.
Named one of the "100 most influential people in the public sector" by the Guardian, and one of the 50 "most influential" by both Local Government Chronicle and the Health Service Journal, he is a winner of a British Market Research Association (BMRA) award and a 2005 Market Research Society (MRS) medal. He is a Commissioner of Architecture and the Built Environment at CABE and has served on a wide range of Commissions and Reviews across public services; he is currently serving as a Commissioner of the 20/20 Public Services Trust at the RSA.
He has one son and likes jazz.
Ben has a chapter in a new Cambridge University Press book looking at Blair's Britain, 1997-2007. The reviewers say …
"A compelling compendium of the Blair years from some of Britain's most authoritative figures."
John Kampfner, New Statesman
"The authoritative verdict on the Blair years. Anthony Seldon and his team of experts tell an insightful and illuminating story of politics as policy rather than soap-opera."
Steve Richards, The Independent