Ben Rowswell

Venezuela Venezuela

Canadian Ambassador to Venezuela

Government / Military

A restless innovator exploring the possibilities that technology brings to revolutionize diplomacy and mobilize the power of citizens to solve global challenges. As ambassador to Venezuela, Ben has pioneered the use of social media in Canadian foreign policy. As a public policy entrepreneur, Ben launched the foreign ministry's first dedicated democracy promotion fund in 2006 and introduced techniques of mass collaboration to foreign policy development in 2012. The next year he and Farhaan Ladhani launched the Direct Diplomacy initiative to interact with citizens around the world, most notably through the Global Dialogue on the Future of Iran which engaged more than 5 million participant...