Prior to this role, she was
Director of BBC Children's, leading the BBC's services for UK children. She had been appointed to this role in March 2015, when Webb was chief operating officer,
BBC North where she had been responsible for moving
BBC Children's, 5 Live, and the
BBC Learning and
BBC Sport divisions out of London to a new campus based at
Salford Quays. In September 2015, Webb set out a digital plan for BBC Children's which included i-play, finally launched as BBC i-player kids on 12 April 2016. In November 2016, she appeared before the House of Lord's
Communications Select Committee who questioned her about a
CBBC programme entitled
Just A Girl which explored transgender issues. Webb is a trustee of the BBC's charity,
Children In Need, a member of
The Royal Foundation's Cyberbullying Taskforce and an executive board member of the
UK Council for Child Internet Safety. In December 2017, Webb chaired the 5th
Children's Global Media Summit in Manchester, England in which she launched Own It on BBC, "a single, universal tool for children to report (cyber) bullying when they see it or experience it," on a shared platform with
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. == References ==