An evening with Lord Sebastian Coe and Sir Keith Mills, Chair and Deputy Chair of The London Olympic Committee
Monday 10th May 6:30pm, Mayfair

LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC & PARALYMC GAMES

Delivering on the Promises and Leaving a Lasting Legacy

The two individuals that led the successful London bid to win the 2012 Games have agreed to talk about how they are delivering on their promises and their plans for a lasting legacy. Lord Sebastian Coe and Sir Keith Mills, the Chair and Deputy Chair of LOCOG, will share their thoughts and plans for the Games, including some of the ground breaking initiatives that have been instigated since the Games were won in 2005.  Initiatives such as International Inspiration, which is a Charitable Foundation that has been established to deliver on the promise "to use the Games to inspire the youth of the world".  International Inspiration, by 2012, wil have instigated projects in 20 developing countries and engaged over 12 million children in sports programmes. 

Sebastian Coe is Chair of LOCOG, having previously been Chairman of the London 2012 bid company.   Seb is a double Olympic Champion and 12-time world record holder in Athletics. He won gold in the 1500m and silver in the 800m at both the Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984 Games. He retired from competitive athletics in 1990 and became a Conservative MP and Private Secretary to William Hague. In 2002 he was made a Peer - Lord Coe of Ranmore. He received a knighthood in the 2006 New Year’s Honours List.  Seb is also a Vice President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) a director and controlling shareholder of The Complete Leisure Group plc. He is a non-executive member of the board of directors of England 2018 Ltd., the England World Cup bid committee, and for the duration has taken a leave of absence from his role as Chair of the FIFA Ethics Committee.

Sir Keith Mills is Deputy Chair of LOCOG. He became the International President and Chief Executive Officer of the London 2012 bid company in 2003, and was knighted in the 2006 New Year’s Honours List.  Sir Keith founded Air Miles International Group BV in 1988 to develop the Air Miles programme. Until December 2007 he was also Chairman of Loyalty Management Group Ltd (the company which owns and manages the Nectar programme in the UK and licenses Air Miles programmes internationally). He is actively involved with charities including Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Cancerbackup.  His sporting interests include being Team Principal and shareholder of Teamorigin™, the British team that will take part in future America’s Cup sailing events, and a member of the board of directors of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Sir Keith is also a director of England 2018 Ltd, the 2018 England World Cup bid committee.

If you would like to attend please RSVP to Sara Nori

sn@picapital.co.uk

020 7529 5656