Ben Veal

Ben Veal is a purpose-driven comms consultant, author and podcaster.

A Chartered PR Practitioner, he founded Second Mountain Comms in 2020, specialising in working with not-for-profits and purpose-driven business leaders.

In 2025, his first book was published: Badd To Good, the memoir of former boxer and professional wrestler Marc Mero, which became an Amazon bestseller.

Ben has won eight industry awards, including the UK’s Independent PR Practitioner of the Year CIPR Excellence Award, four CIPR PRide Awards and two Creative Bath Awards for his business and his two podcasts: Good Journeys and Wrestling Life.

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He lives in Wiltshire, UK with his wife and two children. Follow on social media @benvealwrites