Dick Pound

Richard Pound is one of Canada's most-recognized figures in international sport. In his distinguished career, the native of St. Catharines, Ontario was a two-time vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and was responsible for all Olympic television negotiations, marketing and sponsorships, up to and including the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Pound has been a COC executive member since 1968 and its secretary general for eight years before becoming COC president in 1977 (to 1982). He was founding president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), created in 1999 to coordinate the fight against doping in sport. His involvement continues post-2007 as IOC representative on the WADA Foundation Board. At the IOC, Pound has had vast and varied roles. Vice-president from 1987 to 1991 and 1996 to 2000, he was a member of the IOC Executive Board from 1983 to 1991 and 1992 to 1996. Pound was chairman of five IOC commissions: the Coordination Commission for the Atlanta 1996 Ol