London Olympics chief executive lands government job
LONDON, Sept 4, 2012 (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has given a key ministerial role to a top official credited with delivering a successful London Olympics and Paralympics, the government announced Tuesday.
Paul Deighton, chief executive of Olympics organisers LOCOG, has been appointed minister for infrastructure and economic delivery in the Treasury as part of a cabinet reshuffle to reinvigorate Cameron's struggling government.Deighton, who worked for US bank Goldman Sachs for 22 years before becoming LOCOG chief executive in 2005, will join the House of Lords -- the unelected upper house of Britain's parliament -- in order to take the job.