Ben Mallon is a DUP councillor on Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council as well as a director at Cavendish, a strategic communications and public affairs agency.

With experience working at European, Westminster, and Assembly levels, in addition to being a Lisburn & Castlereagh City councillor between 2014–2019, Ben has a wealth of knowledge and experience of the political and legislative processes across these islands.

Prior to joining MCE, he worked for a consultancy firm in the Middle East, advising both government and civil society organisations in conflict transformation. Ben sits as a Board Director of Intercomm Ireland and is an alumnus of the Washington Ireland Program for Service and Leadership, working with the Northern Ireland Bureau in Washington DC.

He is married to Emma, and they have three young children, Annie, Isaac and Matilda.