Ben joined the CFS Investment team in May 2016, and was a Senior Analyst in the Investment and Research Governance team at BT prior to joining CFS. From 2007 to 2015, he was a consultant and manager researcher at Mercer Investments. In his role at Mercer, Ben had dual responsibilities as an investment consultant and member of the Real Estate boutique as lead researcher for Australian direct property, back-up researcher for REITs and consultant to clients on their property portfolios.