One bright, hopeful spark in a dark, dark Queensland week

One was confronting and the second quiet – but both were very significant, with longer-running ramifications.

When she, husband Chris, and family settle in Brisbane in the New Year, Hook will be just the seventh employee of the Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games .Right now, Cindy Hook runs something akin to a small start-up.Cindy Hook: ‘To me, this is a dream job. I have no doubts it will be challenging and rewarding.’“When I stepped down from my prior role at Deloitte last May, I never imagined that this was what I would be doing next,” Hook said.

“The idea of being able to create the vision, build the teams, set the strategies and ultimately build up to delivering a smooth and successful Games is very, very appealing to me.”“I think my role is to deliver a successful Games, and leave a long-lasting legacy that all Australians will remember from these Games,” Hook said this week, after meeting the full BOCOG team.

Indeed, it will, but Hook is not rushing, mindful of the costs and the plan to keep the 2032 Games “revenue neutral”.

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