Young, Rob

Rob was appointed as the Northwest Coordinator for the 2012 Games in 2006. His role is to provide co-ordination and programme management for the Northwest Steering Group for the 2012 Games, whilst also providing a direct communications link into London 2012 and the Government Olympic Executive. His remit includes overseeing the delivery of the region’s legacy plan for the Games, ‘Be Inspired’, which outlines the Northwest’s aspirations in terms of opportunities around the sporting legacy, business, the Cultural Olympiad, tourism, major events and volunteering.

Rob has a degree and Masters from Loughborough University and prior to joining the NWDA was employed by PMP, a specialist sport and leisure consultancy. Within this role Rob worked on a number of high profile projects including evaluating the community sport legacy from the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the review of the UK Drug Free Sport Directorate, the 2008 African Nations Cup in Ghana, and the development of a strategy and implementation plan for youth football in Scotland.