Bill Thompson
Head of Public Value Research at BBC
Bill Thompson is the Head of Public Value Research in BBC Research & Development, and a member of the advisory team that provides evidence-based assessments of emerging technologies to guide BBC product and technology strategy. He has worked in and around the internet since 1984 and was head of new media for Guardian Newspapers in the mid 1990's. He joined the BBC in 2009 to work as head of partnerships for the archive development team, and was head of partnerships for the Make it Digital initiative before joining Research & Development.