Benjamin Cohen

CEO of PinkNews, Dad of Macaulay and husband of Anthony. If I’m slow to respond I’m busy doing my main job, parenting 🍼

London, England, United Kingdom

About

CEO of PinkNews, working to make the world a gayer place through the world's largest LGBTQ+ media company. PinkNews is hiring- contact us at [email protected]. For commerce customer service queries please contact [email protected], for advertising sales please contact [email protected], for news tips and content ideas please contact [email protected], for our Snapchat team, please contact [email protected] rather than contacting me directly :) Please no recruitment agencies- I don’t manage hires directly 👍

Experience

  • CEO at PinkNews
    Jul 2005 - Present · 21 yrs

    PinkNews is the brand for the next generation and those who share the values of the next generation. We are hiring right now in a variety of roles. If you want to work at PinkNews, send your CV to [email protected].

  • UK Trustee & non-executive director at Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion
    2011 - 2024 · 13 yrs

    Trustee and non-executive director of Humanity & Inclusion (formerly Handicap International), the Nobel peace prize winning global disability development charity. With an annual programme budget of €130m, it changes the lives of tens of thousand of vulnerable and disabled people in more than 60 developing countries every year.

  • BBC (7 yrs 8 mos)
    • Presenter
      Jan 2010 - Aug 2017 · 7 yrs 8 mos

      Presented a number of programmes for BBC Radio 4

    • Presenter, 'I Was a Teenage Dot.Com Millionaire'
      Jan 2010 - Feb 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos

      I wrote and presented a critically acclaimed documentary for BBC Radio 4 on my experiences as a dot.com millionaire during the first boom in tech stocks. The programme was first broadcast to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the 2000 dot.com crash. You can hear the programme here http://soundcloud.com/benjamincohen/i-was-a-teenage-dotcom-millionaire-1

  • Director at Clarity PR
    Apr 2013 - Aug 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Clarity PR, is a leading PR agency in London, New York and Berlin specialising in assisting technology and media companies.

  • Business & Technology Correspondent at Channel 4
    Jun 2006 - Jul 2012 · 6 yrs 2 mos

    Channel 4 News is one of the leading network news programmes in the UK. For just over six years I led its award winning coverage on telecoms, media and technology.