Benjamin Tam

Ben Tam is CEO at Isle Utilities, a global consultancy focused on accelerating innovation related to water and climate change. He is a water sector professional with a background in science and innovation. Starting with a PhD in biochemistry he worked at Anglian Water, fulfilling a variety of operational and technical roles in water and water networks. At Isle, Ben has a focus on strategic consultancy with water utilities to develop innovation plans and overcome the difficulty in implementing innovative ideas and technologies. Ben is a Board Director at the Institute of Water Board and chairs the IWA UK committee. He believes there is a huge opportunity to do more in collaboration and leverage the water professional, academic, entrepreneur and investor communities to meet the challenges of the sector.