Benjamin serves as Head of Implementation for South and West Asia, after working as C40 Senior Manager for Climate Implementation and C40 City Adviser to Chennai and Bengaluru. His work with Chennai and Bengaluru includes helping both cities prepare their climate action plans and further support the implementation of the city CAPs across various sectors like Energy, Transport, Land Use Planning etc. Before joining C40, Benjamin worked with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) where he focused on the preparation of the Master Plan of Delhi 2041. With Dutch consultancy firm Royal Haskoning DHV (RHDHV) Benjamin worked on the Revised Master Plan of Bengaluru 2031 as well as on greenfield urban extension master plans for Surat and Aurangabad.
By training, Benjamin is an architect with a double Master’s in urban regional planning and urban design from CEPT, Ahmedabad. Over the last 12 years, his work has focused on strategic planning with outcomes focussed on mitigating climate change and improving quality of life. In his free time he likes cooking for his family and playing musical instruments.