Ben Coverdale, Owner, Director – March One

Ben is the Owner and Director of the agency March One, which unites the power of brand and lead generation strategies to help businesses and charities grow. Offering more that 20 years of experience in some of Australia’s leading agencies, Ben has worked alongside the country’s best creatives and marketing teams. Over the past 12 years, Ben has been instrumental in raising over $78 million for charities such as UNICEF, Cancer Council, Black Dog Institute and today uses his skills to help his clients become found, famous and funded. Ben believes in the power of diversity and creativity. Growing up in a Torres Strait Islander community in Far North Queensland and starting his career as a high voltage Electrician, Ben is living proof that ideas are often found in unexpected people. Ben’s mission is to unleash the power of diversity and creativity in Australia. He uses his agency March One as a catalyst for different people from different places and with different backgrounds to offer marketers powerful new ideas and solutions. As Ben always says: “You could go to Yale ‘til you’re pale, and still not beat the University of Diversity.”

Ben Coverdale

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