Charles Nishikawa arrived in the UK from Japan in 1990 and joined the Auditel Cost Management Consultancy Franchise in 2005.

He has always had a keen interest in sports, especially table tennis. Last month, he participated in the Olympics Table Tennis Test Event at east London’s Excel, which will also host judo, fencing, weightlifting, taekwondo and boxing. A group of six athletes selected by the British Olympic Association to represent Team GB were in action.

Charles worked as one of the language team members, helping to translate the quotes from athletes when they had completed their game. He said: “This was an amazing experience!”

Keen to be more fully involved in the Olympics, Charles applied to LOCOG in autumn 2010 to volunteer as one of the 70,000 Games Makers among 240,000 other applicants. He was interviewed in February last year and finally selected in October. With contractors and LOCOG staff, there are 200,000 people working on the Games – the UK’s peace time biggest civilian mobilisation.

Charles reveals: “Other than table tennis, I have become a ‘born-again’ cyclist since the introduction of Boris Bikes! With sustainability on the Games radar, I will commute to the Games on my bike. Being a Games Maker is a once in a life time experience and I can’t wait for the opening day!”

About Auditel

Established in 1994, Auditel is the UK and Ireland’s largest and fastest growing cost, purchase and supplier management franchise opportunity, with a network of over two hundred highly-skilled specialists. Since 2005, the number of franchisees has grown by 175%. Over 90% of their franchisees renew their agreements after 5, 10 and 15 years.

The Auditel client base grew by 66% between January 2009 and December 2011. The network turnover has grown by 192% since 2007.Their higher earners enjoy an income of over £200k.

Winner of the bfa HSBC Franchisor of the Year 2012 Award for Outstanding Franchisee Support