THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2004, 12:00 - 13:30
LUNCHEON SPEAKER: Dick Pound
Sponsored by Dow Chemical
Topic: Inside The Olympics

Mr. Dick Pound, Chairman of the World Anti-doping Agency and Chair of the Olympic Games Study Commission will be providing his unique insights into the modern Olympics in his presentation, ìInside the Olympicsî. Covering a variety of current topics relevant to the Olympics this presentation promises to be both intriguing and informative.
DICK POUND

Dick Pound represents the renaissance of the Olympic movement. He can handle the ethical issues, the management issues, and the financial issues.

For more than 20 years Dick Pound has been one of the most influential members of the powerful International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Dick Pound made the Olympics the multi-billion-dollar kingdom it has become by marketing the Olympic rings and negotiating television rights around the world for phenomenal sums. A Montreal tax lawyer and chartered accountant, Pound has been the IOC's top TV rights and sponsorship negotiator since the mid-1980's. He helped grow the IOC from a pauper into one of the richest sports organizations in the world.

Pound competed in the Rome Olympics and has been a member of the IOC since 1978, including roles as Vice-President, IOC, and Chairman, Protection of the Olympic Emblem Commission. As Chair of the IOC Marketing Commission and Television Negotiations Committee, Dick is responsible for negotiating the television and sponsorship deals considered crucial to the growth of the Olympic Movement.

Pound's rescue mission began at the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary. Dick Pound's Calgary Games were swifter, higher, stronger and richer with his marketing muscle and negotiations expertise. And the fruits of his plan – the combination of licensing and TV revenue – net the IOC more than $3 billion over the next seven years.

He led the IOC's investigation of bribery charges that surrounded Salt Lake City Games. That inquiry resulted in 10 IOC members being expelled or resigning.

In addition to being the IOC's top deal broker, Pound is currently the chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency. In 2002, he was appointed to his latest position as Chair, Olympic Games Study Commission; ironically, to find ways to reduce the increasing size and cost of the Olympics, in order to allow more countries the opportunity to host the Games.