Ben Gallop leads 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 10m unique users - as well as BBC Sport's ever-popular interactive TV and mobile services.

In addition to his new media role, Ben also heads up the BBC’s Formula 1 operation across all platforms. F1 returned to BBC screens in 2009 after an absence of 12 years and has established itself as one of the most popular sports on TV and online.

Ben is also 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 for a number of years as a journalist for BSkyB and the Press Association, having started his career in local newspapers.