Ben Roberts

Ben was diagnosed with HIV in 2012 and benefited greatly from the services, resources and people of Terrence Higgins Trust and the NHS. This motivated him to be open about his status, to be a positive, visible role model, and to use his HIV status as a force for good.

He brings to Terrence Higgins Trust 20 years of business knowledge and experience: in a senior role in a commercial environment; growing a profitable small business in the cultural sector; and most recently in the public and charity sectors. He has always led on positive business reform, building successful strategies based on a clearly articulated sense of purpose and prudent financial management.

He is the Chief Executive for the British Film Institute (BFI), which has adapted to continued funding challenges by strengthening commercial thinking, cultivating new sponsors, building strategic national partnerships, clarifying the purpose of the organisation, and communicating a better story to government, funders and audiences.

He looks after the UK’s largest public film fund (over £30m of National Lottery funding a year) and is a visible senior industry figure and spokesperson. He represents the BFI internationally, and speaks frequently at industry events and in national and international press. He is keen to connect Terrence Higgins Trust to the creative industries' talent, resources, technology and audience platforms.