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Olympic Keble
David Jackman (1978)
Ethical Space Limited
As Chair of the BSI (British Standards
Institution) David is a co-opted
Member of the Commission for
a Sustainable London 2012. The
commission’s job is to ensure that
the Games are the greenest ever
following a commitment by Lord
Coe in the bidding process. It is a
challenge, he says, as they also have
to match the political needs of the
budget and timetable.
David specializes in ethics and
corporate governance arrangements. Some of the design and
materials are low carbon, but the strength of the sustainable
design is the legacy to the surrounding communities. A large and
contaminated stretch of East London will be regenerated with new
schools, houses and services.
David has championed a new standard at BSI (BS 8904) which
relates to the Olympic work and is the framework for developing
sustainable communities. He has developed the Ethics Mark and The
Ethics Foundation to promote values-led business in the 21st century
and has set up his own consultancy Ethical Space.
Geoffrey Newton (1970)
The Tennis Foundation
Geoffrey’s involvement with the
Olympics began in April 2006 when
he was appointed Director 2012 for
the London Development Agency
(LDA), a post he held until March
this year. His role was to develop
and deliver the socio-economic
programme for the London 2012
Games and to ensure that local
people and businesses benefit
before, during, and after the Games.
Since March Geoffrey has been
Executive Director of the Tennis Foundation, a job linked to his time
at the LDA where he contributed to the Olympic Park including Eton
Manor, the centre for Wheelchair tennis in the Paralympics. It is
now a key area of his responsibility. After the Games, Eton Manor
will be a tennis and hockey facility, serving both local and regional
communities and providing an important legacy in East London.
Three-time Tennis Blue and captain of the University team while
at Keble, Geoffrey has been a member of the All England Club
Committee for 15 years.
and
Niels de Vos (1986)
UK Athletics, British Olympic Association
Niels de Vos was recruited to UKA
in 2007 and is responsible for the
performance of UK track and field
athletes in both the Olympics and the
Paralympics in London 2012. With the
priority to improve the prospects for
athletics in 2012 he has remodelled
the performance management system
across coaching, medical and sport
science support so that the UK will go
into London 2012 as the best coached
and prepared Olympic and Paralympic
track and field team for decades.
He is also an Executive Board member of the British Olympic
Association, a position he was elected to by the National Olympic
Committee. The role of the BOA is to ensure that all Olympic
athletes, in a team predicted to be the largest ever, are supported to
the highest standards during the Games from the pre-Games training
to the Olympic village experience. Niels has been involved with sports
management since 1999 and athletics is his passion.
and
Chad Lion-Cachet (1992)
Sportsworld
Chad was an Oxford Rugby Blue
while studying at Keble, captaining
the Oxford team which beat
Cambridge 20 - 8 in 1993. Sport
has continued to be his passion.
After leaving Keble he spent ten
years working in the finance and
professional services industry
involved with sport, media and
entertainment before joining
Sportsworld as Group Managing
Director in 2003.
Sportsworld is a global event services and hospitality agency and
heavily involved in London 2012. Not only is the company appointed
to eight Olympic Sponsors including BMW, BT and Deloitte to provide
specialist hospitality but also to twelve National Olympic Committees
to provide tour packages for the Games. On top of this, they have
been selected as an authorized Sales Agent by Prestige Ticketing to
sell exclusive on-site hospitality packages. Chad and Sportsworld
have a very busy year ahead of them.