BEN McNEIL is leading a new generation of scientific and economic thinkers. He directs a university research team and advises companies and government on strategic thinking, particularly around sustainability and energy. He has been invited to present his strategic thinking to prime ministers and boardrooms. Ben is author of the widely acclaimed book The Clean Industrial Revolution, and has also written for The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Dominion Post. After working as a research scholar at Princeton University and living in New York City, he now lives in Sydney, Australia with his family.