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Richard Pound will be speaking about his involvement with the Olympic Games.

For more than 20 years, Mr. Pound has been one of the most influential members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He built the Olympics into a multi-billion dollar enterprise by branding and marketing the Olympic rings, and negotiating deals for television rights around the world. Under his leadership, the IOC has grown into one of the richest sports organizations in the world.

Mr. Pound has been involved with the Olympic Games since he participated in the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960.

Richard Pound is a partner in the Montréal office of Stikeman Elliott and member of the firm’s Tax Group. His main areas of practice include tax litigation and negotiations with tax authorities on behalf of clients, in addition to general tax advisory work and commercial arbitration.

Mr. Pound is recognized by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010, as a leading practitioner “repeatedly recommended” in the area of international commercial arbitration. He is included in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada and in the Lexpert/American Lawyer Media publication, A Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, 2009 edition. Mr. Pound has also been recognized as a prominent practitioner in the tax field in PLC’s Cross-border Tax on Corporate Transactions Handbook 2009. He is recognized as having the highest rating ("AV") under the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings.

Mr. Pound has been named to Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world for his relentless efforts to rid sport of performance- enhancing drugs.


Professional Activities

• He was Chancellor of McGill University (1999-2009) and Chancellor Emeritus effective July 1, 2009 and was Chair of the Board of Governors (1994-1999). In recognition of his distinguished engagement McGill University has established a scholarship in his honor for incoming undergraduates showing “promise of future success and responsible citizenship” and conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws on him November 2009.

• He is a member of the International Olympic Committee. He was Chairman of the Olympic Games Study Commission. He was Chairman of the IOC’s Coordination Commission for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and, from 1984 to 2001, directed, inter alia, all Olympic television negotiations, marketing and sponsorships.

• He was the founding Chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (1999-2007) and remains a member of its Foundation board.

• He is the Honorary Consul General of Norway in Montréal.

Education
He graduated from McGill University (B.C.L. 1967); McGill University (Licentiate in Accounting 1964); Sir George Williams University - now Concordia University (B.A. 1963); and from McGill University (B.Comm. 1962).

Mr. Pound was appointed Emeritus Lawyer (Ad. E.) by the Quebec Bar in May 2010, received an honorary degree as Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from the Université du Québec and from Concordia University in 2010, was appointed as Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of the Canadian Grenadier Guards in 2008, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Beijing Sport University in 2006, received a Doctor of Sports Administration (honoris causa) from the Laurentian University in 2005, a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from the University of Western Ontario in June 2004, a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) by the University of Windsor in 1997 and an Honorary Ph.D. by the United States Sports Academy in 1989. In September 2004, he was appointed a Chubb Fellow of Timothy Dwight College: Yale University.