The Institute of Event Management is delighted to welcome The Lord Deighton KBE as a Patron.

Paul Deighton is Chairman and Non-executive Director of Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited; strategic intelligence and advisory firm Hakluyt & Company Limited; and The Economist Group.

Lord Deighton joined the Treasury having successfully served as Chief Executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), which was responsible for preparing and staging the London 2012 Games. The Games are the world’s largest sporting celebration and one of its most complex organisational challenges.

Over six and a half years as CEO, Lord Deighton was in charge of day-to-day operations, overseeing recruitment of a workforce of around 6,000 paid staff, up to 70,000 volunteers and around 100,000 contractors as well as the procurement of £700 million-worth of contracts. He was also responsible for the annual budget and provided leadership in the development of a variety of Olympic and Paralympic programmes, from sponsorship and marketing to ticketing and the Torch Relay.

Prior to joining London 2012, Lord Deighton was the Chief Operating Officer of Goldman Sachs in Europe, and a member of its European Management Committee.

[photo credit: Heathrow Airports Limited]