Benjamin Ampen (@bampen) is Twitter's Managing Director for Middle East & North Africa and is responsible for growing the business across the region. . Since joining Twitter in 2012, Ampen has successfully launched the company’s sales activities in France, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. In 2015, Ampen moved to the UAE as the MENA Head of Revenue leading the growth and revenue performance for the company in the region.

Prior to joining Twitter, Ampen worked at Google for four years, where he spent his last year as an Industry Manager as part of the business development team across the UK and EMEA region. Ampen has also previously worked at Universal McCann and Detecon Consulting. He holds three Master's Degrees in Management from highly esteemed universities in London, Germany, and Paris.