Ben Rossiter is the founding Executive Officer and has led a small but enterprising team of staff to see the organisation become the primary Australian organisation leading the move for walkable communities.

Ben is the Vice President of the International Federation of Pedestrians and his expertise is widely sought in Australia and beyond. He is an engaging speaker and his keynotes include Walk21 Rotterdam 2019, 11th Liveable Cities Conference Melbourne 2018, 2WALKandCYCLE Conference, Auckland 2016 and a plenary presentation at Walk21 Hong Kong, 2016.

He spoke at the ADC Forum’s Creating Healthy Cities Summit, Melbourne 2015. He has attracted significant media exposure to walking issues on National and Victorian TV and press. In 2019, Ben was awarded the Sir James Barrett Memorial Medal for a notable contribution to planning.

The theme of his doctoral dissertation was walking in cities and he takes great pleasure in the simple joy of walking, getting lost in urban areas and exploring new places on foot.