London Mayor Boris Johnson does not think the news West Ham paid an Olympic Park Legacy Company director for consultancy work will hinder their move to the Olympic Stadium.

Olympic Park Legacy Company director Dionne Knight was suspended on Friday after it emerged she was undertaking paid consultancy work for the Hammers.

Johnson told the Guardian: "There is no reason why there should be any deviation. The woman concerned made her relationship known to the OPLC and was immediately excluded from having anything to do with the bid process.

"Obviously they took steps, quite rightly, to exclude her of any involvement with the bid process and it now transpires there was a financial relationship – that is a matter that is currently under investigation. I have no reason to believe that this in any way will blow the decision off course."

OPLC has launched an independent investigation into its internal stadium procedures as a result of the allegations concerning Knight.

The auditors, Moore Stephens, have been appointed to carry out this investigation into our procedures. They have put together a team led by their specialist forensic unit.

A statement released said: “We are also investigating the nature of the consultancy work that Dionne Knight undertook without our knowledge or permission. An independent barrister will be instructed to conduct the employment elements of this investigation.

“We will communicate the outcome of both investigations when the work is complete. We remain confident that the integrity of our processes has not been compromised.”