Brisbane 2032

Brisbane 2032 has swooped for one of Paris 2024's top commercial executives as it embarks on its bid to hit a domestic sponsorship target of around A$2bn ($1.3bn/€1.2bn) for the Olympic Games in eight years' time.

Brisbane has a chance to become the “Barcelona of Australia” when it hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032, Andrew Liveris, chair of the organising committee for the events, said this week.

The board of the organising committee for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games has identified the recruitment of a chief executive as a “top priority” after meeting for the first time today (We…