Ben boarded at the College in 1986 along with his brother Luke (OGC 1986). He was a member of Wettenhall House and was awarded House Colours for cross country. Following school Ben completed a Bachelor of Computer Science. Ben was an avid skydiver and was part of a world record skydiving jump in 1999, which saw 282 people in formation freefall for 7.11 seconds. Ben was married to Karenne (dec) and they have two children.

Ben passed away 1 February 2024, aged 54 years.