Meet the team
Ben Jones
Lead Economist
Ben Jones is a Lead Economist within the CBI’s Economics Directorate, with a background in macroeconomic forecasting, policy research and analysis of international business trends. He is part of the team that oversees the CBI’s assessment of the economic landscape, analysing CBI’s surveys, tracking UK & global macroeconomic trends and drafting commentary and briefings for CBI management, members and stakeholders. He acts as the liaison between the Economics team and the CBI’s Regional Councils and is a regular speaker at member events. Over the past decade Ben has supported a diverse range of CBI policy work and has managed economic consulting projects for CBI Economics. Ben joined the CBI from the Economist Group in 2013.