Olympics-Anson to step down as British Olympic Association CEO
Anson took on the CEO role in 2019 after serving as a non-executive director since 2011 and the 60-year-old will leave to join mid-market private equity firm bd-capital.
During Anson's tenure, Britain secured more than 60 medals at both the 2020 Tokyo Games and the Paris Olympics last year, and delivered further success at the Winter Olympics and the European Games.
"I am proud to have led an organisation that I love and care for. Olympic sport is so important to our country, and I hope I leave it in a better place today," Anson said in a statement on Thursday.
"Commercially, we have enjoyed our best ever period of success and sustained growth and with that we have been able to build a financially stable organisation, fit for the future."
Anson will stay in his role until October while the BOA begins the process of appointing his successor, with preparations already under way as Britain gears up for the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics in February.
"The BOA is in a strong place both on the sporting front ahead of the Milano-Cortina Olympic Winter Games, and on the commercial front. I wish him well and thank him for everything he has done for the organisation," BOA Chair Katherine Grainger said.
(Reporting by Shifa Jahan in BengaluruEditing by Christian Radnedge)
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