Ben Capell

Ben Capell is an organizational development consultant and an academic researcher, based in Hong-Kong. He partners closely with executives, senior HR managers and professionals to enable them to grow their organization and careers in today’s fast-paced and complex business environment. Ben’s areas of expertise include cross-cultural management, organizational and personal trust, people development, and diversity & inclusion.

Over the years, Ben had the opportunity to design and implement large-scale people management initiatives in a variety of global organizations. Between the years 2004 to 2011, Ben worked for Hewlett-Packard where he headed regional and global roles in the areas of leadership development, D&I, talent management, and employee engagement. In his own consultancy, Ben’s experience comprises a wide portfolio of successful projects with a diverse range of organizations, including Danone, Air Products, Nike, Merck, PricewaterhouseCoopers, ExxonMobile, Gensler, AIG, The UPF University, Electrolux Merck, Emerson, and Lafarge.

Ben’s international experience includes living in Hong-Kong, the U.S., Japan, Israel, Spain, and Turkey and leading multinational teams located in a wide range of locations across four continents. He speaks various languages, including English, Hebrew, Spanish, Catalan, and Japanese.

These days, Ben is completing the requirement for attaining a Ph.D. from ESADE Business School in Barcelona (Spain). He holds a Masters degree in Management Sciences from ESADE, a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hartford (U.S.A), and a B.A. in Human Resources Management from Tel-Aviv College of Management (Israel). Ben is also a head researcher of ESADE’s Future of Work Chair, an academic research unit that is dedicated to understanding future trends in the workplace and helping organizations prepare for tomorrow’s reality, and a Research Fellow at the University of Hong Kong.