Ben Willshire is the founder and Managing Director of Driven International.

With 15 years of international design experience, Ben’s strengths lie in client liaison, business modelling, and setting initial design concepts for the team.

Ben graduated with a BSc Hons degree in Motorsport Technology and Management, and has been working as a professional track and venue designer since 2006. He joined a startup motorsport design business and helped grow the company to a £3 million turn-over, progressing to the role of Managing Director over an 8 year tenure.

In 2014, Ben was appointed as Group Manager of the Engineering Product Testing team at Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). His role provided him with exposure to working at the forefront of the automotive, motorsport and transport testing and research industry in a technical and commercial strategic role. Ben managed a team of 25 staff and helped win new business with 5 F1 teams and automotive businesses.

In 2015, Ben took the opportunity to establish Driven International Ltd, and since inception Driven has grown with new clients, experienced staff and a commercial advisory board and has delivered projects worldwide.

Over his professional career, Ben has held roles as designer, manager and company director at both small and multi-disciplinary firms ranging from £3m – £40m turnover businesses, exposing him to a variety of projects on an international scale.

Ben has lead various international motorsport projects over his career with his proudest achievements leading the design and construction monitoring of the Bahrain Kart Circuit and Porsche Experience Centre at Silverstone, both of which are fully operational and have received high praise from the client and operators.

Away from his desk, Ben is a successful racing driver with 4 national championships, multiple club titles and superkart lap records at Silverstone and Oulton Park to his name. He is a UK National Superkart champion, British Superkart Racing Club champion, and runner up in the British Superkart Grand Prix. He has also won the coveted UK Cup ‘O’ Plate.

Alan brings over 30 years of international business experience to the Driven team​.

He has built and operated highly successful I.T and property businesses across his career. He remains modest, but Alan played a key role in bringing society access to the I.T. that we all enjoy today.

Alan spends his time at Driven advising our team on the strategic growth of the business, implementing sound commercial structures and providing access to new markets through his extensive business contacts.

Scot Elkins brings a wide range of expertise to Driven, with over 25 years of experience in the motorsport and automotive industries​.

He is currently the Race Director of the FIA Formula E Championship and serves as the Deputy Race Director of the FIA Formula 1, 2 and 3 Championships. Scot is also an FIA Platinum Grade Circuit Inspector.

Previously, Scot was Vice President of Competition for IMSA, where he directed and managed the competitive and technical facets of the historic merger between Grand-Am Road Racing and the American Le Mans Series. Before his career at IMSA, Scot was Technical Director for the Champ Car World Series, where he oversaw the introduction and design of the Panoz DP-01, a new open-wheel chassis for the 2007 season. He has also worked as a race engineer in NASCAR, IndyCar, the Atlantic Championship Series, SCCA, the Skip Barber Race Series, and with UK-based Cosworth Electronics.

Alongside his roles at the FIA, Scot is also the Chief Operating Officer of the Motorsport Safety Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving safety standards in motorsport. He is also currently a member of the SCCA and the Society of Automotive Engineers.

He provides operational, engineering, safety and logistical support for the motorsport and automotive industries, having worked with the Motorsports Safety Foundation, ACCUS, FIA, Formula E, IMSA, IndyCar, The Road to Indy, MOMO Motorsports, Park Place Motorsports, Hardpoint Motorsports, NGT Motorsports, RaceTrack Engineering, and Mazda Motorsports.

Scot graduated from Indiana State University with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology, and he now lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife Lauren and his four children.

With over 20 years experience in events management, brand marketing and public relations, Baba-Jallah Epega brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Driven, serving as our Africa Representative​.

Baba attended the Queen Mary University in London, studying Economics (Mathematics and Statistics) and Spanish, and went onto work as a mathematician and banker at Bloomberg TV and Barclays Capital.

Drawing on the skills he acquired during his time there, Baba founded EMC3 in 2000, providing expertise in areas including client entertainment concierge packages, the booking and co-ordination of corporate functions, brand marketing, events and experiences. Their London head office is supported by partner offices in Africa, the Middle East, mainland Europe and the United States. In Africa clients include First City Monument Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Africa Finance Corporation, Vitol Group, Ibru Organisation, Africa Port Services, Control Risks, Afrintel, Yale University & globally other clients include Linked In, Google, Drift, MacQuarie Bank, Falcon Group, NYU Stern & Westfield.

Baba’s experience, expertise and creativity brings a unique perspective to Driven’s process, using a detailed approach to realise bespoke answers that cater to the particular needs of each project.

He has a love for travel, and has featured on various media platforms including CNN, BBC, Arise TV and LA Talk Radio, and he has also been involved in the production of a number of TV documentaries.

Graham is a RIBA qualified Architect and Urban Designer, holding a Diploma in Architecture and a Masters in Urban Design, from Oxford Brookes and Westminster Universities in England.

​He has gained over 10 years industry experience working as an architect for top international design firms, such as Broadway Malyan and KSS. In 2016, Graham established himself as an architectural and urban planning consultant to provide high end residential architectural services to a number of private clients in and around London.

After delivering several successful projects, Graham joined Driven in 2017 and is now our in-house Principal Architect, also heading up our Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality design work.

Graham is an integral part of our design team during site master planning. His skillset and experience enables us to offer architectural designs and site plans from concept, through detailed design and construction phases.

Dan started his passion for design and motor racing through online gaming and has successfully turned this into a career at Driven after working for many years as a freelance graphic designer​.

He is responsible for the design of race tracks from concept and feasibility through to schematic design, then assisting the team on the final detailed design phases. Dan is still a keen gamer, and he holds an ARDS Licence (Association of Race Driver Schools) which allows him to compete in both the real and virtual worlds.

Dan joined Driven in 2017 and plays a key role on projects, developing new track and site layouts and evolving these designs using his creative flare, whilst meeting the technical requirements of the FIA or FIM using our in-house CAD and track safety simulation software.

Dimitrios has been working in engineering since 2017, graduating with an MSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Birmingham.

After spending 2 years in pavement lab testing at a research consultancy becoming more familiar with asphalt properties itself, Dimitrios joined a large engineering consultancy firm in 2019. He has worked in a wide range of sectors from small scheme upgrades in the highway network to highly important infrastructure, where he has prepared drawing packages and specifications following guidelines, where he developed CAD and 3D software skills.

Dimitrios has a good knowledge of modelling software which assists Driven in producing high quality deliverables for clients, utilising his background in pavements and highways.

Fred has been working at Driven since 2020 as a Visualisation Technician, having studied Games Development at college​.

He works closely alongside the Driven team of designers, engineers and architects to create 3D simulation models of our projects, for both internal testing by Driven and also for use by clients and a wider audience.

Fred is proficient in Blender, Adobe Substance Painter and the wider Adobe suite, which allows him to produce virtual models from scratch along with sets of still renders and videos generated from the models, which are a key promotional tool for many clients as they help to sell the vision of a project.

Since joining Driven, Fred has helped to push the visualisation capabilities of the company to new heights, drawing upon his background in games development and CGI to produce more detailed and immersive models. This covers everything from the main entrance roads to a site, through to the buildings, track details and wider surrounding environments.