Skills & experience

Ben Boxer is an experienced finance and operations leader with more than 20 years in senior roles across international development, humanitarian, and climate finance organizations. An accountant by profession (FCPA, Australia and CGMA), he currently serves as Chair of the Green Climate Fund’s independent Accreditation Panel, leading institutional due diligence of diverse climate finance applicants. His career includes senior finance leadership at World Agroforestry (ICRAF) and Save the Children International, followed by interim director roles with organizations including Self Help Africa and Saferworld. Earlier, he worked in post-conflict settings in Kosovo and Timor-Leste, overseeing financial management and operations in humanitarian and reconstruction programs.

Ben has guided organizations through significant phases of financial transformation, strengthening governance and accountability systems while enabling efficiency and impact. He has held board roles, advised leadership teams on strategy and compliance, and led cross-regional finance and corporate services functions in Europe, Asia, and Africa. His experience includes designing financial systems, improving control frameworks, developing costing models and reporting tools, and supporting major organizational transitions, including the merger of Save the Children affiliates across East and Southern Africa.

Through his work with Humentum, Ben has delivered organizational capacity strengthening assessments, data analysis for a large institutional merger, and an independent review of a national emergency appeal consortium mechanism. He is also an experienced peer reviewer, bringing a balanced perspective that combines technical rigor with practical solutions.