NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Ben Fowler specializes in identifying, implementing and measuring business solutions for social impact. Ben is a Co-Founder and Principal at MarketShare Associates (MSA), a global consulting firm focused on generating actionable insights for economic development. MSA offers decision makers access to a new generation of market and social insights for forecasting and measuring human behavior and social outcomes. Ben has 15 years of experience in economics and social impact creation across more than 30 countries, including long-term roles in Kenya and Guatemala. Ben has worked with financial service providers, private sector consultancies and technology companies, multilateral institutions and governments, among others. He has published extensively on social impact issues. He is also one of a select group of auditors for an international social impact measurement standard. Ben speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Kiswahili.