Ben Goldsmith is CEO of Menhaden Capital, a London-listed investment trust with a focus on energy and resources. Previously Ben co-founded WHEB Asset Management, a leading sustainability-themed investment management business.
Ben is Chairman of the Goldsmith family’s JMG Foundation, which funds campaigning and advocacy work on environmental issues, and is co-founder of the UK Environmental Funders' Network. Ben is also a Trustee of CIFF, one of the UK’s largest philanthropic foundations.
Ben is a Non Executive Director of the UK Government’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and is an advisor to Environment Minister Michael Gove.
Menhaden Green is an investment trust, which focuses on energy and resources, based in London.
WHEB
Founder and Partner
Jan 2003 - Jun 2015
WHEB is a specialist investor focused on the opportunities created by the global transition to more sustainable, resource efficient and energy efficient economies.
The UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry & sustaining a thriving rural economy.
Help preserve Ibiza and Formentera’s exceptional beauty and natural value and to encourage sustainable initiatives.
Conservative Environment Network
Chairman
Jan 2003 - Present
London, UK
Seeks to give voice to conservatives who believe stewardship of the environment is core conservative territory and who have a preference for decentralized, markets-orientated solutions to environmental and resource issues.
CIFF is an independent philanthropic organisation that focuses specifically on improving the lives of children in developing countries, who live in poverty.
