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Ben Cole
Non-Executive Director / Wide Open Agriculture
With a PhD in Environmental Engineering, Ben Cole is a social enterprise expert who has extensive international experience as a grant manager of market-based, water supply and sanitation projects, totalling up to $30 million.
Between 2008 and 2013 he founded, managed and sold a profitable, social enterprise – Karibon - in Vietnam. A genuine startup from invention through to sales, Dr Cole gained valuable experience in business development and management.
After 10 years working overseas, he returned to Western Australia with a desire to make positive changes in his own community. When he married into a family that has been farming in the Wheatbelt for four generations, he was inspired by the people around him who demonstrate resilience and passion for their land and community.
Between 2008 and 2013 he founded, managed and sold a profitable, social enterprise – Karibon - in Vietnam. A genuine startup from invention through to sales, Dr Cole gained valuable experience in business development and management.
After 10 years working overseas, he returned to Western Australia with a desire to make positive changes in his own community. When he married into a family that has been farming in the Wheatbelt for four generations, he was inspired by the people around him who demonstrate resilience and passion for their land and community.
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| NEWS: Tagged in Board Moves December 18, 2023 | 18 Dec 2023 |
| NEW ROLE: Non-Executive Director, Wide Open Agriculture | 18 Dec 2023 |
| NEW ROLE: Executive Director, Wide Open Agriculture | 14 Dec 2022 |
| NEW ROLE: Non-Executive Director, WA Social Enterprise Council | 26 Jul 2021 |
| REMUNERATION UPDATE: Managing Director, Wide Open Agriculture | 02 Nov 2020 |
| NEWS: Tagged in Startups never know ‘normal’ | 04 Aug 2020 |
| REMUNERATION UPDATE: Managing Director, Wide Open Agriculture | 30 Jun 2020 |
