Ben Hammersley FRSA FRGS (born 3 April 1976) is a British consultant, broadcaster, and systems developer.

[citation needed] Ben Hammersley has given keynote presentations to corporates and large events internationally.

[3] He has twice presented on BBC Radio 4's documentary strand Analysis, covering Facebook in November 2007,[4] and personal genetic testing in December 2008.

He later used the systems he developed to build The Guardian's pioneering range of blogs, including the award-winning Comment is Free.

[16] In 2013, Hammersley became a fellow of the Robert Schuman School for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute,[17] Innovator-in-Residence at the Centre for Creative and Social Technologies at Goldsmiths, University of London, a member of the European Commission High Level Expert Group on Media Freedom,[18] and a non-resident fellow of the Brookings Institution.