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Brisbane 2032 chief executive Cindy Hook to leave early next year
Cindy Hook will leave her job as chief executive of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games organising committee early next year.
She was appointed in December 2022, and her departure will come at the end of her four-year contract.
The committee says it will begin a global search for a replacement immediately.
Hook said she had built the organisation and laid the groundwork for the Games.
The committee is moving from early planning and building its capabilities to delivering projects and events.
Its president, Andrew Liveris, said Hook had prepared the organisation for this next stage.
The change comes more than five years before the Games, which are due to take place in Brisbane in 2032.
Cindy Hook will leave her role as chief executive of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games organising committee early next year, at the end of her four-year contract.
Brisbane 2032 said it would begin a global search for her replacement immediately.
Hook was appointed in December 2022 and led the organisation through its initial planning and capability-building phase.
The committee is moving into operations, project and event delivery.
Hook said the foundations for success had been laid and that it was the right time to hand over to a new CEO.
- Who
- Cindy Hook, chief executive of the Brisbane 2032 organising committee.
- What
- She will leave the role at the end of her four-year contract, and a search for her replacement will begin immediately.
- When
- Early next year. The sources report the departure announcement on October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Brisbane, Australia.
- Why
- The committee is moving from planning and capability building into operations, project and event delivery. Hook said it was the right time to hand over to a new CEO.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Games.
Hook was appointed chief executive of Brisbane 2032.
Brisbane 2032 unveiled the official emblems for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Hook announced she would leave at the end of her four-year contract, and Brisbane 2032 said recruitment for a new CEO would begin immediately.
- Departure
- Early next year, at the end of Hook’s four-year contract
- Appointment
- December 2022
- Replacement search
- To begin immediately
- Games host
- Brisbane, Australia
- Games award
- July 2021
What people are saying
This is the right time to hand over to a new CEO for the next phase.
Cindy has been an exceptional leader whose passion, drive and strategic intellect has set Brisbane 2032 up for success.
Cindy has helped turn opportunity into concrete progress, leaving the organisation ready for its next chapter.
Sources
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