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Monday, 19 December 2005 |
Paul Deighton for top Olympic Games role
Paul Deighton is going to be the new chief executive of the London
Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games. Paul Deighton is
currently the chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs European
Business and has been with the company since 1983.
49-year-old Paul Deighton will have control on a daily basis of the build-up to London hosting the Games.
"As a Londoner passionate about sport, I am extremely excited about this opportunity," Paul Deighton said.
"The Games has an enormous potential to inspire young people. The
memories of the Games I listened to and watched in my childhood are
some of the most inspirational memories I have.
"To help stage the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, the world's most
important sporting and cultural events, in my home city is a dream come
true.
"The London 2012 Games represents an unprecedented and unrepeatable
opportunity to combine so many of my professional experiences with my
love for sport.
"Few projects or events have the scope or the impact on a city or its
communities and citizens like the Olympic Games. I am delighted to be
part of it."
Paul Deighton will be in charge of running the London 2012 Olympic
Games Organising Committee (LOGOC) and will oversee programmes such as
sponsorship, marketing, ticketing and the torch relay.
Paul Deighton will work closely with London 2012 chairman Lord
Sebastian Coe, who led the three-month search for a man to fill the
position.
"We selected Paul because of his experience in leading large
international organisations and projects as well as his track record of
managing and growing large teams of people in complex and diverse
environments," said London 2012 chairman Lord Coe.
"He is the right person to lead the LOGOC on its mission to produce an
outstanding Olympic Games for the athletes and youth of the world in
2012."
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