Amanda Farnsworth is a senior executive who has held some of the most high profile leadership roles in the BBC including Editor of the TV One and Six O Clock News, Deputy Editor, Newsnight and Bureau Chief in Washington DC. Amanda has played a key role in developing BBC strategy and seeing it implemented across a broad range of policy areas and is responsible for helping to develop some of the BBC's key external partnerships around the London 2012 Olympics including Locog and the GLA. She is currently Project Executive BBC London 2012, sitting on the BBC's 2012 Steering Group, and working on formulating the BBC's vision, editorial strategy and plans to cover all the major events including the Olympic Torch Relay, the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic Games. Amanda is also a Trustee of the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, West London.