London 2012 sponsors have welcomed the progress being made at the Olympic site with just over 600 days to go before the Games get under way.
Members of the Chairman's Club – a collective of the Worldwide, Tier One and Tier Two level partners which includes Coca Cola, Adidas, Deloitte and GE – have been impressed by the work carried out over the past 12 months.
John Connolly, global chairman of Deloitte, said: "The Olympic Delivery Authority and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, working in conjunction with the Government, the London Mayor's office, business and other stakeholders, are clearly ahead in the delivery of the venues – in one case by months.
"Everyone now working on the Games is moving into delivery mode. The Chairman's Club members reviewed progress and toured the Velodrome. We left the site with real confidence that the infrastructure is in good shape, the shift from planning to operations is being very carefully managed, and the Games will achieve their ambitions.
"We were impressed by the strong relationships between the main players – Seb Coe and Paul Deighton at LOCOG, John Armit and his ODA team, the very clear commitment of Jeremy Hunt at cabinet level, and Boris Johnson, leading the city of London's contribution.
"This provides extra confidence not just that the plans are in shape but that any delivery challenges still to come will be tackled and resolved collectively."
Created in 2008 by Deloitte and Think London, the Chairman's Club brings together some of the world's most experienced business leaders from companies with combined global sales of more than $1.2 trillion.
The establishment of the Chairman's Club is the first time in the history of the Olympic Games that lead sponsor companies have come together as a single group ahead of an Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Members of the Chairman's Club are: Coca Cola, Acer, Atos Origin, BMW, Dow, GE, McDonalds, Omega, Panasonic, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, Visa, Adidas, BMW, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF Energy, Lloyds Banking Group, Adecco, ArcelorMittal, Cadbury, Cisco, Deloitte, Thomas Cook and UPS.
