Bennett Arron

Award-Winning Comedian Bennett Arron was in serious debt. He owed thousands to phone companies, banks and department stores. Only it wasn’t him. Bennett had become the first major victim of Identity Theft in the UK. It left him penniless and homeless.

Years later, Bennett wrote, directed and presented a television Documentary on the subject. In the programme, which was critically acclaimed by all the major Press and described as ‘Fascinating and Disturbing’, Bennett proved the ease of Identity Theft by first stealing the identities of the general public and then stealing identity of the British Home Secretary. As a result of the programme, the UK Driving Licence Application Form had to be changed.

Bennett has performed as a speaker at many conferences and corporate events around the world including  the International Fraud Convention in Italy, and the International Congress On Anti-Fraud & Anti-Corruption in Poland. He was also the opening keynote speaker at Auscert in Australia in front of 1500 delegates where he’s been highly praised for his funny, honest and hard-hitting talks on identity theft and fraud. He has written a book on the subject, Heard The One About Identity Theft? which has been sold worldwide.

Bennett has appeared as a Fraud Expert on Sky, Channel 4, ITV and the BBC and he received an “Unsung Hero Award” for his work in Fraud and Cyber Security.

In 2023, following a successful and award-winning run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, BAFTA shortlisted Comedian Bennett Arron was about to work on a TV project, write a new book and perform at various venues around the world. Then, for the first time ever, he began to suffer from anxiety and depression. His life fell apart. He had to cancel everything and he couldn’t even leave his house.

Two years later and Bennett returned to the Festival with a show based on his experiences. The show played to full houses and received incredible reviews.

Bennett is now performing this funny, poignant, moving and relatable show, as a 30-40 minute talk at conferences and to companies. In the talk, he explains how the negative things in our past can catch up with us at any time and the devastating effects they can have. He also speaks about his depression and anxiety and how he managed to eventually move on and learn from it.

In addition to this, Bennett also speaks about Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. He looks towards a more positive, integrated society and explains that, although social media, politics and propaganda is trying to divide us, we are able to overcome the negativity by talking, sharing and understanding each other, and ourselves, better.