British Cycling Gets New Ceo
Starting at the 1st of the year, current deputy chief executive Ian Drake will take Peter King’s place as British Cycling’s CEO.
As part of a succession management plan developed over the past year, King will still continue to work with British Cycling as an executive director, focusing on external projects linked to London 2012 and other stakeholders.
Drake, who has worked with British Cycling since 1996, began as a consultant for the development of youth programmes in schools and clubs. He then acted as leader in the funding submission for the World Class Start and Potential programmes to support British Cycling’s vision of becoming the world’s number one cycling nation by 2012.
He has also worked as national talent coordinator, implementing the Talent Team programme, which sought out Beijing medalists such as Ed Clancy and Steven Burke along with riders such as Lizzie Armitstead, David Daniell and Anna Blythe who are now emerging as potentials to win medals in 2012.
Since 2004 Drake has been responsible for all British Cycling’s Sports Council funding submissions as well as the ‘UK Wide One Stop Plan’, aimed to encourage growth in the sport at all levels.
