Ben Hunt

Ben Hunt is Global Head of Corporate Affairs leading the Corporate Communications & Public Affairs departments from Madrid. He joined Siemens Gamesa in September 2019.

Prior to this role, Ben was Group Communications Director for technology giant Amadeus Group from January 2013-August 2019. There, he led an international team, drove thought leadership articles, and steered successful communication campaigns of the group’s M&A activity, including the acquisitions of Navitaire and TravelClick.

Ben has also held other high-profile roles including as Head of External Communications for Nokia Siemens Networks. In this time, he was responsible for its communications strategy and execution, and covered a number of major corporate events such as its €1.2bn acquisition of Motorola wireless.

Before that time, he occupied the position of Director of Corfin Public Relations in London where he advised on the financial and corporate communications strategies for several London-listed companies.

His roles in corporate communications were preceded by assignments in the political sector, and for seven years as a journalist for the Financial Times covering technology, media and telecoms. During his time with the FT he also worked as an editor for FT.com, as IT correspondent and was launch editor for the FT’s Digital Business supplement.

Ben brings a wealth of experience to his new role as a journalist, as a leader in corporate and financial communications from media relations to internal communications, and in executive speech writing.