Ben Roberts-Smith is an Australian businessman and former Australian Army soldier.
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The Victoria Cross (VC) in 2011 and the Medal for Gallantry (MG) in 2006 made Roberts-Smith the most highly decorated serving member of the Australian Defence Force.
Roberts-Smith has a Spartan helmet tattooed on his ribcage; their reference to the soldier’s height – Roberts-Smith is nearly two metres tall; and their reference to significant military.
Ben Roberts-Smith was also awarded a Commendation for Distinguished Service for leadership as a patrol commander in 2012.
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Roberts-Smith left the full-time army in 2013 and studied business at the University of Queensland. In 2015, he was appointed deputy general manager of the regional television network Seven Queensland.
He was subsequently promoted to general manager of the regional network and of metropolitan station Seven Brisbane.
In 2017, Roberts-Smith’s actions in Afghanistan came under scrutiny in light of an independent inquiry into “questions of unlawful conduct concerning (Australia’s) Special Operations Task Group in Afghanistan”.
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