Benjamin Wigglesworth

Helping asset-intensive organisations turn complex investment and transformation ambitions into deliverable, resilient and operationally effective outcomes by combining expertise in capital delivery, resilience and applied AI.

Ben Wigglesworth works with senior leaders in asset-intensive organisations to tackle complex capital delivery and transformation challenges, helping them turn major investment ambitions into deliverable, resilient and operationally effective programmes. His focus spans capital portfolio deliverability, asset and power resilience, operating model mobilisation and applied AI.

He works primarily across energy, utilities and critical infrastructure, drawing on 15 years of experience in oil and gas, power and utilities. Ben is known for connecting strategy with practical delivery, bringing together operational, technical and organisational perspectives to create solutions that can be implemented and scaled.

Impact highlights

• Led complex transformation and capital delivery programmes across energy, utilities and critical infrastructure.
• Built and scaled a power resilience proposition, connecting asset criticality, investment prioritisation, operating model design and delivery mobilisation.
• Helped asset owners improve capital portfolio deliverability by strengthening prioritisation, assurance, project controls and delivery confidence.
• Advised senior leaders on operating model and organisational transformation across major asset-intensive businesses.
• Develops practical applications of AI in capital delivery and resilience to improve portfolio insight, prioritisation, assurance and decision-making.
• Brings 15 years of energy sector experience spanning oil and gas, power and utilities.

How Ben works with clients

Capital portfolio deliverability and transformation

Ben helps organisations translate major investment ambitions into programmes that can actually be delivered. He works across portfolio prioritisation, value assurance, project governance, controls, risk and delivery mobilisation. His approach connects strategic investment decisions with delivery capacity, helping leaders identify constraints, dependencies and risks earlier, and make better-informed decisions across the portfolio.

Asset and power resilience

Ben helps organisations understand the resilience of critical assets and infrastructure, linking asset criticality, failure consequences and operational dependencies to investment decisions. His work combines system- and site-level assessments with investment prioritisation and operating model change, helping organisations move from understanding individual vulnerabilities to establishing scalable approaches to resilience.

Applied AI for capital projects

Ben works with clients to apply AI to practical capital delivery problems. This includes improving portfolio insight, identifying emerging delivery risks, strengthening assurance and connecting fragmented project information to support better decisions. His focus is on applying technology where it improves delivery confidence, rather than treating AI as a standalone technology initiative.

Credentials and expertise