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Olympics CIO Gerry Pennell aims for personal best

19.07.2012
Just as an athlete who has achieved success at the Commonwealth Games would grasp the opportunity to take on the wider world at the Olympics, so is it with Gerry Pennell, CIO for the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (Locog).

Director of technology when the Commonwealth sporting festival was held in Manchester in 2002, Pennell picked up the London Olympic technology torch in 2008.

The Manchester velodrome, built for those games, has gone on to become the home base of Britain's successful cycling team, and fittingly CIO met with Pennell at the Olympic Park velodrome in Newham, east London.

The job of delivering the 2012 Olympic Games is shared between two organisations: the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and Locog.

The ODA has overseen the construction of the park and the other permanent and semi-permanent venues, while Locog is charged with organising the Olympic and Paralympic Games themselves.

"Our job is to put the Games on. We are private sector-funded through revenue streams such as broadcasting rights, sponsorship, ticketing, licensing and merchandising," says Pennell.