New leadership team meets

The "Big Four" responsible for delivering the Games, Sebastian Coe and Paul Deighton, Chairman and Chief Executive of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG), and Jack Lemley and David Higgins, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) arrived at the new offices marking the start of what promises to be a busy year.

Sebastian Coe, Chairman of LOCOG, said: "This is going to be a very exciting year for us.

"It is very important for LOCOG and the ODA to be working closely together to deliver the best Games ever in London in 2012, which is why we are co-locating."

The two organisations are now operating out of the same offices at 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf.

LOCOG has the responsibility for managing and staging the London 2012 Games, and ODA is responsible for delivering the permanent venues and infrastructure projects that need to be built for the Games.

Jack Lemley, Chair of the ODA, said: "I am delighted to start work in the new offices at the beginning of a new year with LOCOG.

"The ODA has a huge task ahead of it and there are big expectations on us.

"I am in the process of appointing the ODA Board and we are looking for world-class Board members with the ability to guide the organisation and provide governance through the exciting challenges and opportunities ahead."

10 January 2006

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