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London Olympics chief exec appointed to lead PPE plan
Paul Deighton, London 2012 Chief Exec, has been appointed to lead the programme to supply personal protective equipment (PPE) to frontline health and social care staff.
He will coordinate design through to manufacture, including streamlining the approvals and procurement process to ensure new domestic PPE supplies are rapidly approved and get to where they are needed.
He will also support the scaling up of engineering efforts for smaller companies capable of contributing to the wider supply chain.
Lord Deighton previously served as Chief Executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), the organisation responsible for planning and delivering the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. He also served as Commercial Secretary to HM Treasury from January 2013 to May 2015.
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