About

With more than 20 years of experience in Education and Business management, Ben Sacco works with schools and organisations to amplify their connection to passion and purpose harnessing the power of human influence at the core of everything they do.

Ben is the Managing Director of Education Economy, an education consulting business focused on ensuring that education professionals do not face diminished health and wellbeing outcomes as an outcome of doing what they love! Ben is also a Director of Edufor, the EdTech arm of Education Economy, delivering education technology solutions created by educators, for educators.

Ben is a children’s author of two books titled, “There’s a Spider in my Tummy” and “There’s a Buzzing Bee in my Head”. Ben also has a book (to be released in 2025) titled “Disruption in Schools: Understand me before you mark me!”, a practical book designed to respond to the daily realities of the school environment.

Ben started his career as a classroom teacher across Primary and Secondary school settings, was a former Deputy Principal and worked at a systems level in policy and implementation, to support school leaders to navigate the uncertainties of change and human behaviour. Ben delivers high energy keynotes and presentations that challenge and inspire audiences to leverage their focus on what matters most in work and life.

Ben’s leadership career spans government, corporate and non-profit sector organisations with extensive experience in strategic consultancy, business development, commercialisation, program and project management, policy implementation, evaluation, custom education and professional services.

Ben gets to know people and their stories and is passionate about advocating for change and refined practice. He brings both a systems perspective and frontline experience, which allows him to take a balanced approach to improving organisational efficiency, workforce productivity and employee quality of life.