Team GB Selects Options as Official IT Provider Ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games

LONDON & CHICAGO & NEW YORK & HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 4, 2026--

Options Technology (Options), a leading provider of cloud-enabled managed services for global financial markets, today announced it has been selected as the Official IT Provider to Team GB. The partnership will support Team GB through the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games and the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympic Games, encompassing all competition events, training camps and preparatory activities.

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The partnership will see Team GB leverage AtlasWorkplace, Options’ flagship corporate IT platform, to support its operations across training, preparation, and games-time delivery. AtlasWorkplace will provide a highly responsive technology environment, bringing together cloud infrastructure, end-user support and compliance within a single, seamlessly managed solution.

As Team GB prepares for the unique demands of a Winter Games, AtlasWorkplace will play a critical role in ensuring that athletes, coaches, and staff remain connected, protected, and focused on performance. Designed to operate in high-pressure, mission-critical environments, the platform enables organisations to perform at their best while Options delivers technology excellence behind the scenes.

Danny Moore, President and CEO of Options, commented, “Team GB represents performance at the highest level, where preparation, precision, and trust are non-negotiable. We are incredibly proud to support Team GB on the road to Milano Cortina 2026, delivering the technology foundation, expert support, and operational excellence that enables their teams to focus entirely on performance and success.”

Sarah Wallace, Chief Financial Officer of Team GB, commented: “Options brings a wealth of experience in supporting high-performance environments, alongside the depth, reliability, and expertise we require, and we are delighted to have their support along the road to Milano Cortina 2026 and LA 2028.”

Today’s news marks another significant milestone for Options as it continues to expand its global footprint and partner with organisations that demand absolute excellence from their technology. It also builds on Options’ long-standing commitment to elite sport, including its previous sponsorship of Queen’s Rowing and elite athlete Kate O’Connor.

Options Technology:

Options Technology (Options) is a financial technology company at the forefront of banking and trading infrastructure. We serve clients globally with offices in New York, London, Paris, Belfast, Cambridge, Chicago, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Dubai, Sydney and Auckland. At Options, our services are woven into the hottest trends in global technology, including high-performance Networking, Cloud, Security, and AI (Artificial Intelligence).

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About Team GB:

Team GB is the national Olympic team of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the face of the British Olympic Association (BOA). The role of the BOA is to prepare and lead Team GB athletes at all Olympic events, and to develop, promote and protect the Olympic Movement and Olympic values within the UK. Their vision is to unite and inspire the nation through the power of Olympic sport, bringing the country together behind a team that everyone can believe in.

Since London 2012, Team GB have consistently won over 60 medals at every summer Olympic Games. The 65 medals secured at Paris 2024 included the 1,000th Olympic medal in the nation’s history. Team GB is the only nation to have won a gold medal at every summer Games since the first modern Olympics in 1896.

The BOA is independent, privately funded and receives no annual funding from the lottery or government. The success of Team GB is wholly dependent on support from commercial partners, patrons and income generated from fundraising events.

Team GB Selects Options as Official IT Provider Ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games

LONDON (AP) — The British government agreed Wednesday to release emails and other documents casting light on the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States despite his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

The move came after the opposition Conservative Party said it would force a vote in Parliament calling for the release of emails and other messages related to Mandelson’s appointment in 2024. Critics say he should never have been given the job because his relationship with Epstein — though not its extent — was known at the time.

“I intend to make sure that all of the material is published,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer told lawmakers, apart from documents that compromise Britain's national security, international relations or the police investigation into Mandelson's activities.

Starmer said Mandelson had “lied repeatedly” to officials about his relationship with Epstein, and had “betrayed our country, our Parliament and my party.”

“I regret appointing him,” Starmer said in the House of Commons. “If I knew then what I know now, he would never have been anywhere near government.”

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the government should publish all relevant files, “not just the ones the prime minister wants us to see.”

Mandelson, 72, was fired in September from his job as envoy in Washington, after emails were published showing he maintained a friendship with Epstein following the late financier’s 2008 conviction for sex offenses involving a minor. Epstein died by suicide in a jail cell in 2019, while awaiting trial on U.S. federal charges accusing him of sexually abusing dozens of girls.

Mandelson resigned from the House of Lords and faces a police investigation for alleged misconduct in public office. A trove of documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice suggested Mandelson may have shared sensitive information with Epstein when he was government minister a decade and a half ago.

In 2009 he appears to have told Epstein he would lobby other members of the government to reduce a tax on bankers’ bonuses, and passed on an internal government report discussing a potential sale of U.K. government assets. The following year he appears to have tipped off Epstein about an imminent bailout of the European single currency.

The newly released files also suggest that in 2003-2004, Epstein sent three payments totaling $75,000 to accounts linked to Mandelson or his partner Reinaldo Avila da Silva.

Misconduct in public office carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Opening an investigation does not mean Mandelson will be arrested, charged or convicted.

An email requesting comment on the documents was sent to Mandelson through the House of Lords.

Starmer said the government was working on legislation to remove the noble title, Lord Mandelson, that the ex-ambassador still holds. He will also be removed from the Privy Council, a committee of senior officials that advises King Charles III, for bringing “the reputation of the Privy Council into disrepute,” Starmer said.

The European Union is also investigating potential wrongdoing by Epstein when he was the bloc's trade commissioner between 2004 and 2008. The U.K. was an EU member until 2020.

“We will be assessing if, in light of these newly available documents, there might be a breaches of the respective rules with regard to Peter Mandelson,” European Commission spokesperson Balazs Ujvari said. “We have rules in place, emanating from the treaty and the code of conduct that commissioners, including former commissioners, have to follow.”

Associated Press writer Sam McNeil in Brussels contributed to this report.

Britain's Prime Minster Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

FILE - Britain's Ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, speaks during a reception at the ambassador's residence on Feb. 26, 2025 in Washington. (Carl Court/Pool Photo via AP, File)