NS Roundtable - Employment skills and the Olympics

Olympic skills: their legacy for London and beyond

This New Statesman round table, sponsored by the practical and vocational learning foundation, Edge, considered the opportunities presented by the 2012 Olympic games to showcase UK industry to the rest of the world. Participants discussed the legacy that the Games could leave behind, not only in the five London boroughs in which the Games will take place but across the UK, in terms of skills, training and employment opportunities for the future.

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Clive Ansell
Group strategy director, BT Group plc

Melissa Berry
Resourcing officer, Diversity, London, Centrica

Chris Blythe
Chief executive, The Chartered Institute of Building

Vicky Clark

Senior economic development adviser, Thames Gateway London Partnership

Len Duvall OBE
London Assembly Member for Greenwich and Lewisham

Kieron Gavan
Director, employer engagement, Sector Skills Development Agency

David Hughes
Regional director for London, Learning and Skills Council

Nigel Hugill
Chief executive officer, Retail and Communities, UK, Lend Lease (Bovis)

Chris Leech
Youth and community liaison manager, Northern Rail

Clive Longbottom
Director, Service business process analysis, Quocirca Ltd

Sarah Montague (chair)
Presenter, The Today Programme BBC, Radio 4

Murziline Parchment
Director, major projects and service delivery, Mayor's Office, Greater London Authority

Rob Price
Account director, London 2012, Atos Origin

Anthony Pryor CBE
Chief executive, MC3 Training

Brian Wisdom
Chief executive officer
People 1st

Also participating: Nicolas Heslop, Public affairs manager, EDGE (observer); Vanessa Miner, Director, Marketing communications, EDGE (observer); Andy Powell, Chief executive, EDGE

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