Olympic Delivery Authority

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is the body responsible for ensuring delivery of venues, infrastructure and legacy for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. Along with the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG), the ODA is one of the two main agencies organising the London Olympic Games.

The ODA was established by the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 as a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS).

In advance of the formal establishment of the ODA, the London Development Agency (LDA) and Transport for London (TfL) were asked to undertake the development work necessary for the Olympic Park and the transport infrastructure which will service the Games, and to build up an interim team.

The ODA is based alongside LOCOG at One Churchill Place in Canary Wharf.

1 Staff
2 Board Members
3 Responsibilities
4 Finance
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Staff

American Jack Lemley, who ran the Anglo-French group that designed and built the £8bn Channel Tunnel, was appointed Chairman of the ODA in 2005 but resigned on October 18, 2006.[1]

Australian David Higgins, formerly chief executive of English Partnerships, the national regeneration agency, is the Chief Executive.

Godric Smith, former Official Spokesman for the Prime Minister, is acting Director of Communications, and Julie King is Head of Stakeholder Relations.

[edit] Board Members

Acting Chairman: Sir Roy McNulty, Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority, replacing Jack Lemley
Lorraine Baldry, Chair of the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
Tony Ball, former Chief Executive and Managing Director of British Sky Broadcasting
Sir Howard Bernstein, Chief Executive of Manchester City Council
Barry Camfield, Assistant General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union
Neale Coleman, Policy Director to the Mayor of London
Stephen Duckworth, doctor, academic and entrepreneur
Christopher Garnett, former chairman and Chief Executive of Great North Eastern Railway
Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton, former Cabinet Office Minister
Kumar Muthalagappan, Managing Director of the Pearl Hotels and Restaurants Group
Sir Nicholas Serota, Director of Tate Galleries
Howard Shiplee, Construction Director
David Taylor, Chairman of Silvertown Quays

[edit] Responsibilities

Along with LOCOG, the ODA has taken over the responsibilities of the London 2012 organisation. LOCOG describes the different responsibilities of the two organisations as: The ODA is building the theatre, while LOCOG is putting on the show.

The ODA has responsibility for:

All Olympic Park infrastructure and site preparation
Delivery of permanent competition venues
Building the Olympic Village and the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre
The building of relocatable arenas
Olympic transport projects
Permanent works to existing sports venues
Olympic Park venue legacy conversion

The LDA will continue to lead on the acquisition of land in the Olympic Park site, and TfL will continue to deliver many of the major transport projects on which London 2012 will depend.

[edit] Finance

The ODA's original budget was £2.375 billion, provided by a public sector funding package agreed between Government and the Mayor of London in 2003. However, in October 2006, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell announced that this could rise to over £4 billion.[2]