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Ben Simms

Chief Executive, Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET)

Specialism: International Development

Term of office: January 2021 – January 2024

Ben has been CEO of the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) since 2015. He has 30 years’ experience of working internationally, with an emphasis on global health and disability work. He has worked extensively across Africa, Europe, Latin America and Asia during this time, harnessing expertise from across the UK health community, in the NHS and in specialist medical charities such as Sue Ryder and Sense, to benefit the development of health and social care in low and middle-income countries.

For the last fifteen years he has been in leadership roles, building a strong track-record advocacy and programme innovation, and working closely with UK Government departments and UN agencies. His knowledge of the INGO sector is further informed by periods chairing BOND Working Groups and taking active roles in health networks such as STOPAIDS, the network he directed from 2010 to 2015.

Ben has led an active voluntary life in the UK throughout this time, serving as a Councillor and acting as a Trustee of several charities. He became a Fellow of the RSA in 2019. Ben has an MSc in Development Management from the Open University and an MA in History from Edinburgh University.

Ben Simms
Ben Simms

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