Chairman of the 2012 Olympic Games, Lord Sebastian Coe, will be the guest speaker at the Salvation Army's fundraising dinner at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on May 28.

Lord Coe's presentation and a silent auction with extraordinary bargains, will be the highlights of the dinner.

Lord Coe, dubbed the most elegant 800m runner of his generation, is a double Olympic champion and 12-time world record holder in middle distance running. The 51-year-old Lord Coe won Olympic gold medals in the 1500m and silver medals in the 800m at both the Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. He won the 1500m in Los Angeles in an Olympic record 3:32.53.

More recently, Lord Coe served as chairman of the London 2012 bid company, successfully winning the 2012 Olympic Games for London. He is now chairman of the London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Lord Coe is also vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), and chairman of the ethics committee of FIFA (the International Federation of Football Association).

He received a knighthood from the Queen in 2006.

While in Jamaica, Lord Coe is expected to meet with the Governor General as well as leaders of the local sporting fraternity, including national sporting federations expecting to participate in the London Olympic Games.

Teddy McCook, chairman of the Salvation Army dinner committee and president of the North American Central American and Caribbean Athletics Confederation, is delighted that Lord Coe will be visiting Jamaica.

"I was with Seb Coe at meetings in London in early April, and he expressed great enthusiasm about his upcoming visit to Jamaica. He looks forward to meeting with the sporting fraternity here. In addition, the Salvation Army is delighted that he will be the guest speaker at our annual fund-raising banquet. It is a great honour for us to be able to host him here in Jamaica and we look forward to his visit."

Tickets for the May 28 dinner may be obtained by contacting the Salvation Army.