Ben is a Principal Civil and Water Resources Engineer with over 30 years of experience in Australia and Internationally in the investigation, planning, design and construction supervision of surface water management, floodplain management measures and civil design related to large and complex projects. Ben is Leading Professional Flood Resilience for the Asia and Pacific Region for Royal HaskoningDHV. Ben has been involved in the development of national and international guidance in the areas of Floodplain Risk Management particularly in Australia, UK, New Zealand and the Pacific Region. Ben led the development of the business case for the UK National Flood Risk Assessment (NaFRA) programme, as well as being involved with the development of the Queensland (Australia) State guidance on the assessment of Levees, and the Queensland (Australia) State Guidance on the development of flood evacuation route options (which recently won a National award). Ben has lead the development of Flash Flood Forecasting systems in Australia for Royal HaskoningDHV for a number of Local and State government clients.