Ben Peters

Director: Corporate Project Program and Portfolio Management, City of Cape Town

Ben Peters, a distinguished leader and innovator in the realm of project, programme, and portfolio, contract and engineering management. With over 18 years of diverse industry experience spanning mining, oil and gas, telecoms, healthcare, and government, Ben has mastered the art of transforming complex challenges into streamlined successes. As the Director of Corporate Project Programme and Portfolio Management at the City of Cape Town, Ben has not only led the department to achieve gold status as the South African and African PMO of the year but also played a pivotal role in the city’s award-winning Water Resilience Programme. A recipient of the prestigious IPMA Gold Achievement Award and recognized by the City of Cape Town for his exceptional contributions, Ben’s strategic vision and dynamic leadership continue to set new benchmarks in the industry.