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- Updated: April 29, 2016
The board of London 2017 has announced the appointment of a new co-chair and four new non-executive directors who will have “strategic oversight” of London’s delivery of next year’s World Championships.
Sir Robin Young KCB, who headed the Department for Media, Culture and Sport as permanent secretary between 1998 and 2001 and the Department for Trade and Industry from 2001 to 2005, has been appointed as co-chair alongside Ed Warner.
He said: “I am excited to be joining the board of London 2017 to support the championships preparations. Great sporting events have a huge impact on the national psyche and this will be the case again next year when London hosts two back-to-back athletics world championships.
“We saw in London 2012 and Glasgow 2014 how the public embrace athletics championships and this will be a phenomenal event in a superb venue. I am looking forward to working with Ed Warner and the rest of the 2017 board to ensure we stage a successful summer of world athletics.
“The partners have come together to recruit the highest possible calibre board who are united behind …
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