Ben Legg

Ben Legg served as COO of Google Europe during a period of dramatic growth and transformation for the company. An engineer turned strategist, he explores the interconnection of market trends, technological innovation and the future of work. From building bridges in war zones to building growth in boardrooms, Ben now engineers business transformation, helping leaders understand how AI will redefine their organisations and industries. As CEO and Co-founder of The Portfolio Collective, and an investor and adviser, he helps high-growth companies and institutional investors navigate a fast-changing world shaped by AI and disruptive technologies.

Ben’s career spans the British Army, McKinsey, Coca-Cola, Google, and multiple tech ventures across Europe, the US and Asia. His experience as an officer in the Royal Engineers, including serving during the Siege of Sarajevo, shaped his approach to leadership, strategy, resilience and decision-making under pressure. He took his lessons into the corporate world, steering global brands through disruption, crisis and rapid growth.

At Google, Ben helped commercialise platforms that went on to define the modern internet, including Search, YouTube, and AdWords, giving him a rare insider perspective on how tech giants scale, innovate, compete and shape markets. He brings that knowledge to his work today, advising Wall Street investors, supporting startups and guiding executives on the strategic implications of AI, digital transformation and evolving customer behaviour.

Through The Portfolio Collective, Ben supports thousands of professionals building portfolio careers, helping them adapt to an employment landscape increasingly influenced by automation, AI and flexible work models. His work combines ideas around talent, technology and capital, providing leaders with a practical understanding of where the opportunities and risks lie. With energy, insight and clarity, he shares the tools to help understand disruption, harness AI and build strategies fit for a rapidly changing, digital economy. Ben considers how companies can thrive amid uncertainty, implement AI for value rather than hype, redesign organisations for human-plus-AI collaboration, and how to build resilience from the boardroom to the front line. Drawing on lessons from military conflict to the world’s most influential boardrooms, he challenges organisations to innovate, take intelligent risks and engineer their own future.