SO WHO
IS BEN JACKSON?
Like most people Ben has many facets, Home, Work, Voluntary and so forth, here is a brief outline of the person and a few different current images.
On
the home front:
Ben has
been married to Samantha for over 25 years. They have two children Jennifer and Daniel. Samantha suffers from a range of
disabilities as a result of a brain tumour when pregnant with their second
child; Daniel. In turn Daniel is
severely Autistic and has no speech.
There is a huge back story to this and one of Bens biggest challenges to
date was when his son had to leave home, age ten, with no speech, as the local
government could not meet his educational needs.
Jenni
always helped with the support of her mother and brother, has a condition
called Fibromyalgia and has recently started at University. His father suffers from Myasthenia
Gravis and Ben acts as a carer for all in differing ways. He was recently diagnosed having type 2
Diabetes.
Ben
says, "You have two choices, be a victim or be a fighter, I’d rather be
the latter, you’re not beaten until you say you are. People often say to me how do you cope, how do you do it
all? I honestly do not feel I do
anything that special.”
In
Business:
Ben is
recognised as an inspirational businessman and has been described as "......always very astute and sharp in his
assessments, able to grasp complex material remarkably quickly and alert to the
implications of strategic messages".
He is seen as a consummate networker and business leader.
Among
the business related roles he has filled in recent years are:
- Chairman and President of Bicester and
District Chamber of Commerce
- Vice Chair of the Oxford Area executive
committee of the Federation of Small Businesses
- Chairman of a Centre of Vocational
Excellence in Construction and the Built Environment
- Chapter Director for BNI
- Leadership team of a 4N group
- Vice chair of a Construction Training Group
His
current and recent projects include:
- Setting up a national portal on the web for
all things sustainable in construction
- A winning funding bid; for a regional
project for the FSB to support those leaving the armed forces and wanting
to start a business.
- Advising on a £30 million pound project to
save the best-preserved pre-war aerodrome in the UK.
If
you want to know more about Ben, who has also been described as a social
entrepreneur, then please visit his Linked in Profile (http://www.linkedin.com/in/benjacksonbicester
) and/or follow him on Twitter as @benjackson52
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