Birmingham 2022 Appoints Director Of Legacy
Organisers for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have appointed Nicola Turner as the event’s Director of Legacy.
Turner joins the Birmingham 2022 Partnership from the universities regulator the Office for Students, where she was Head of Access and Participation, and will lead the planning and delivery of legacy programmes associated with the event.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be taking up the Director of Legacy role for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games,” she said.
“I want local people and businesses to look back on the event with pride and to be able to point to the positive changes that it brought to Birmingham and the region. I’m looking forward to working with all the Games partners, whose commitment to delivering a fantastic event, with a strong legacy, has impressed me.”
In her previous role, Turner led a £70million portfolio of policy initiatives, to improve jobs and skills, access to and participation in Higher Education, and equalities, diversity and inclusion. In 2015 she received an MBE for services to the West Midlands, following her work on SME growth and graduate retention.
Organisers say Turner’s role will be to ensure that legacy is ‘properly resourced and prioritised’, in order to help Birmingham and the West Midlands to maximise the opportunity the games represent. She will also work closely with the Legacy and Benefits committee, which was expanded earlier in 2020 to incorporate community representatives as well as Aston Villa CCO Nicola Ibbetson.
