Ben Towers
Leading Happl - Your personalised benefits and engagement platform for global teams.
Experience
Career
2022Happl
CEO · London, England, United Kingdom · 2022 – Present
- 2020
Happl
Co-founderCo-Founder · London, England, United Kingdom · 2020 – Present
2023Founders Pledge
Member · London, England, United Kingdom · 2023 – Present
- 2016
The Prince's Trust, Dogs Trust, Duke Of York (iDEA), The Diana Award & The Young Lives Foundation
Ambassador · 2016 – Present
2019Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Advisor · London, United Kingdom · 2019 – 2021
2018GSK
Communications Director & Advisor · London, United Kingdom · 2018 – 2020
- 2018
Investments Include: Press London, GripIt, MiiCare, Zing Zing, Good Box Co, Oval Money
Angel Investor · London, United Kingdom · 2018 – 2020
2017Zest The Agency
Director (acquisition period) · Chatham, Kent · 2017
2011Towers Design
CEO (now known as Zest The Agency) · Chatham, Kent · 2011 – 2017
2015Young Start-up Talent
Director · 2015 – 2016
2014Federation of Small Businesses
FSB Connect Ambassador & National Counsellor · 2014 – 2016
- 2009
Medway Messenger
Paper Boy · 2009 – 2012
- 2010
Ben Towers
Freelance Web Designer · 2010 – 2011
Bio
Ben (24) is Co-Founder at Happl (formerly Tahora). An entrepreneur since he was 11 years old when he started his first business, Towers Design, Ben has always been motivated by creating things that help people. By 18 he was named by The Times as 'the smartest teenager on the planet' and working with the UK Government and Royal Family on their entrepreneurship programmes. Prior to starting Tahora, Ben was the Communications Director at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).