James Hillier, a Weber Shandwick sports pro who has worked Olympic bids for London 2012, Sochi 2014 and Tokyo 2020, has moved to the pan-European sports network Eurosport to direct communications.
The International Olympic Committee last year awarded Europsport and parent Discovery Communications all broadcast rights in Europe for the 2018-2024 Games in a €1.8B deal.
Hillier spent the last six years at Weber in the UK, most recently as associate director. His work also includes Beijing 2022, the FIFI World Cup and various corporate clients.
He was previously with Vero Communications and worked the Rio 2016 bid.
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