# Ben Newton

> Data & Software

Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Profile: https://flows.cv/bennewton

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Frontier Insurance Solutions Ltd
Jan 2024 – Present | London Area, United Kingdom

### Data Scientist @ AdvanceGuidance
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Data Science consultant applying advanced analytics and ML techniques for South African and global clients.

Key achievements:
1. Developed ensemble ML model which doubled customer engagement, significantly improving profitability.
2. Developed novel analytical tool to understand temporal store performance in relation to nearby competitors.
3. Co-developed RAG system for global firm.

### Data Scientist I @ The Shoprite Group of Companies
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Worked as a Data Scientist within the Shoprite Financial Services division, developing data-driven projects to track competitor behaviour / optimise resources.

Part of this was the development of geospatial models using a combination of proprietary and open source data sets. The outcome was optimisation of Shoprite Financial Services resource allocation across South Africa.

At the same time as working with Financial Services, I acted as a co-developor on a data-driven geospatial location scouting project for Shoprite IT.

### Data Science apprentice @ The Shoprite Group of Companies
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa


## Education
### Bachelor of Commerce Honours - BCom Hons in Operations Research
Stellenbosch University

### Bachelor's degree in Operations Research
Stellenbosch University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/benjaminnewton2

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Last updated: 2026-04-05