Ben Laidlaw, a director of Keogh Bay's consulting services, has over 20 years of experience in professional roles extending across community not-for-profit, government and large global mining & resource development businesses. He was the general manager of Rio Tinto Iron Ore from 2014 to 2016, and had spent over a decade in senior management roles related to community engagement, stakeholder and project management for large-scale infrastructure, mining developments and operations.