Ben Reid

Ben Reid is a member of the board of directors of International Cooperative Alliance and former CEO of Midcounties Co-operative.

He began his career as an employee in a small co-operative in Ilkeston. He moved to Walsall in 1988, when he was appointed deputy chief executive of West Midlands Co-op. He became chief executive in 1992. In 2005 West Midlands merged with the Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Society to become Midcounties Cooperative.

Under his leadership Midcounties Co-operative grew into the UK’s largest independent co-operative and moved also to childcare, travel, health and energy. Under his leadership Midcounties Co-operative became an early champion of the Fair Tax Mark and also served as the chair of Cooperatives UK .