Monday 07 Dec 2009
Biographies
Ben Gallop
Head of Formula 1
Ben Gallop is Head of Formula 1 at the BBC, taking on the role at the beginning of the 2009 season, the sport's first back on the BBC in 12 years.
In addition he heads up the department which looks after BBC Sport's new media services. He has responsibility for bbc.co.uk/sport – which is the largest sports website in the UK, with an average weekly audience of around 10 million unique users – as well as BBC Sport's ever-popular red button, mobile and Ceefax services.
Ben is leading the BBC's Digital Olympics project, which will help scope the broadcaster's editorial and technological strategy for London 2012.
He joined the BBC in 1998, first working for BBC News before being appointed Sports Editor on the launch team for the BBC Sport website.
Before that Ben worked as a journalist for BSkyB and the Press Association, having started his career in local newspapers.
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