Ben Cave
Title: Director
Organization: Ben Cave Associates Ltd
Location: Leeds, England
Ben Cave has specialized in health and social impact assessment, urban planning and infrastructure development for 20+ years and works with governments, multilateral institutions, industry and civil society. He has advocated for public health in a wide range of sectors: for example, infrastructure for energy, mining and transport (road, rail and aviation).
He runs a consultancy providing public health and policy analysis, which in part provides high quality Health Impact Assessments. His firm has prepared guidance with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the European Investment Bank.
His work encompasses the wider public health and requirements for health services as well as services for specific populations, such as older people or construction workforces.
He was President of the International Association for Impact Assessment from 2020 to 2021 and has visiting positions at the universities of Liverpool (UK) and New South Wales (Australia).