Benjamin Yeoh (born 1978) is a British Chinese playwright. Biography Born near London, England, his father came from Ipoh, Malaysia and mother from Singapore. His grandfather, Datuk Yeoh Cheang Lee was the first non-European chairman of the Perak Turf Club, in Ipoh, Malaysia. Yeoh won a scholarship to Westminster School and went on to study Natural Sciences at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, the same college as his father and grand father. He then went on to Harvard University as a Herchel Smith scholar studying dramaturgy and play writing. Yeoh is also among the first generation of writers to have come from the Soho Theatre Young Writers’ Programme. He has also been on the Royal Court Theatre’s writers’ programme led in 2005 by playwright Jane Bodie. Yeoh has directed several plays and has been involved with writing groups and mentorships such as Royal Court Writers, Soho Young Writers, BBC Radio, Moti Roti, Talawa and Yellow Ink. He sat on the board and then as Chair of Talawa Theatre Company for eight years until 2012. He (as of 2017 and since 2014) is Chair of the London-based theatre company, Coney. Yeoh's podcast has interviewed playwright Mark Ravenhill, actor Sally Phillips, economist Diane Coyle, philosopher Jonathan Wolff. Yeoh is known for his sustainable and socially responsible investing work. He won the Thomson Extel Award for Best Sector Sell-side Analyst for Integrated Socially Responsible Investment Analysis in 2003. Yeoh sat on the UK financial regulatory body Financial Reporting Council Investor Advisory group (from 2018) and the Royal London Asset Management Sustainable Investing advisory committee. As of 2021, Yeoh was an associate fellow of Chatham House, Sustainability Accelerator. Plays Lemon Love (2001) His first play, Lemon Love, was performed by Louie Bayliss and Salima Saxton at the Finborough Theatre, London (2001). Lemon Love is a revenge love story that involved a mystical older couple guiding and berating a younger couple in their stormy relationship. Directed by Elizabeth Freestone. Lost in Peru (2003) Lost in Peru, was his second full length piece, first performed at the Camden People’s Theatre, London (2003). It was Arts Council of England funded. The play dealt with torture and interwove personal tragedies with those on a larger scale particularly 'the disappeared' in Latin America. The UK newspaper The Guardian suggested that 'while Yeoh and director Sarah Levinsky should get praise for trying to push the boundaries of form and style, both