Ben Esmail

Markets · Technology · People

Hello,
I’m Ben.

The real value is in what gets done.

Notes from business, life and the decisions that connect them.

Ben Esmail beside concrete architecture

The journal

Ideas from the field.

Behind the perspective

Experience.
Curiosity.
A point of view.

My work has taken me from banking to technology, across Europe and the Middle East. Different markets, different boardrooms, often the same question: what’s stopping this business from moving forward?

This journal is where I work through those questions—and share what business, people and life between cultures continue to teach me.

Ventures & endeavours

What I’m building.

The BJ Show

Co-host

Conversations about technology, business and the decisions shaping both. A place to ask better questions, challenge assumptions and hear how others see the world.

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The Inner Circle

Owner

Network is the net worth, I’m bringing together people who are curious, ambitious and willing to contribute to exchange ideas, open doors and build things worth being part of.

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Project North

Co-founder · In development

The right talent can change the direction of a business. We’re building a smarter way to connect companies with people who can move their work forward and give those people opportunities to make their expertise count.

More to come

Speaking & conversations

Some ideas need
a conversation.

What does a changing economy mean for the people running a business? I speak about growth, technology and the decisions leaders face when markets shift, geopolitics intervenes and plans meet reality.

Poznań Economic Congress

Panellist · 2023

Panel discussions on Poland’s economy, entrepreneurship and how businesses can navigate economic pressure and geopolitical uncertainty.

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What are you
trying to move forward?

For advisory conversations, board opportunities, speaking invitations and worthwhile collaborations.

ben@benesmail.com