Grevemberg and the majority of the Glasgow 2014 team were in London in an observer capacity for the Olympic Games as they used the competition predominantly as a learning exercise.

But while the Glasgow 2014 chief executive expects the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to have a similar feel to the London Olympics in terms of excitement and inspiration, he says that people cannot expect the two events to be of the same scale given that the budget for London 2012 is £9.2 billion ($14.7 billion/€11.2 billion) and the budget for Glasgow 2014 stands at just over £520 million ($819 million/€660 million).

"We want people to be excited about our event and they should be because the Commonwealth Games is a fantastic competition," Grevemberg told insidethegames.

"But at the same time, it is up to us to manage expectation.

"That is not to say we will be any less significant and special than London 2012 because we will be just the same on those fronts.

"But there must be an awareness that the Commonwealth Games is different from the Olympics and Paralympics.

"It is obviously smaller but it has these fantastic, distinctive elements that we can really capitalise on – such as the fact the home nations compete individually in their own right.

"So we have a very special sporting event that we will be staging in a great city but it is important for us to be responsible with the resources we have and to find creative ways to get the most out of the budget we have."

Grevemberg also took the opportunity to praise London 2012 for hosting a fantastic Games.

David Grevemberg expects Glasgow 2014 to be as exciting and inspirational as London 2012

"There is no doubt that the Olympics were a huge success and a lot of the credit for that must go to the great work done by LOCOG [London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games] over a long period," he said.

"They were fantastic not only in the staging of the event but in how they dealt with the few issues that occurred during the Games because there will always be issues.

"You are measured not by how you defend issues but by how you resolve issues and London 2012 and their partners excelled in that.

"When there were any issues, nobody put their head in the sand; they just got on and fixed things which was great to see.

"That is something we will look replicate at Glasgow come the Commonwealth Games."

Grevemberg added that the London 2012 Olympics have also caused a huge surge in interest in the Commonwealth Games.

"I would like to say the Olympics and Paralympics is the quiet before the storm for us but London 2012 seems to have maximised the interest in Glasgow 2014 so it feels like the storm has already begun," he said.

"There have been so many people getting in contact with us about how to get involved and how to volunteer because they have been so inspired by the Olympics.

"It is fantastic for us and we will really be kicking off the Glasgow 2014 promotion in full at the end of the Paralympics with things like the launch of the Glasgow 2014 mascot, which I'm sure everyone will love."

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