Meet Tom Hickey, Director of Corporate Development and Commercial Legal Affairs at the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.
Tom has an incredible career journey, having worked as a corporate lawyer before leaving for the US with no job where he landed at the NFL of all places.
This lead him to the International Olympic Committee and then back home to Australia where he became employee #6 for Brisbane Games.
You’ll want to hear Tom’s attitude to work and life that has left him with many incredible stories, plus we dive into what’s happening at Brisbane 2032 with 9 years to go.
We cover:
(0:00) - Introduction
(1:53) - Community update
(15:41) - How Tom almost got his first job in sport at FIFA
(20:43) - Why Tom left his job as a Lawyer to move to the US
(23:37) - How a cold message on LinkedIn got Tom inside the NFL
(29:35) - Switching jobs from the NFL to the IOC in Switzerland
(31:25) - Tom’s projects at the NFL
(35:28) - Moving jobs from the IOC to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games Committee
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