BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260515T050021EDT-7395rf4fI2@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260515T090021Z DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nRichard Pound will be speaking about his involvement with the\nOlympic Games.\n\nFor more than 20 years\, Mr. Pound has been one of the most\ninfluential members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC ).\nHe built the Olympics into a multi-billion dollar enterprise by\nbrand ing and marketing the Olympic rings\, and negotiating deals for\ntelevisio n rights around the world. Under his leadership\, the IOC\nhas grown into one of the richest sports organizations in the\nworld.\n\nMr. Pound has be en involved with the Olympic Games since he\nparticipated in the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960.\n \n \nRichard Pound is a partner in th e Montréal office of Stikeman\nElliott and member of the firm’s Tax Group. His main areas of\npractice include tax litigation and negotiations with tax\nauthorities on behalf of clients\, in addition to general tax\nadviso ry work and commercial arbitration.\n\nMr. Pound is recognized by The Cana dian Legal Lexpert Directory\n2010\, as a leading practitioner “repeatedly recommended” in\nthe area of international commercial arbitration. He is included in\nthe 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada and in the\nLe xpert/American Lawyer Media publication\, A Guide to the\nLeading 500 Lawy ers in Canada\, 2009 edition. Mr. Pound has\nalso been recognized as a pro minent practitioner in the tax field\nin PLC’s Cross-border Tax on Corpora te Transactions Handbook\n2009. He is recognized as having the highest rat ing ('AV')\nunder the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings.\n\nMr. Pound has been named to Time Magazine’s 100 most influential\npeople in the wor ld for his relentless efforts to rid sport of\nperformance- enhancing drug s.\n\n\nProfessional Activities\n\nHe was Chancellor of McGill University (1999-2009) and\nChancellor Emeritus effective July 1\, 2009 and was Chair of the\nBoard of Governors (1994-1999). In recognition of his distinguish ed\nengagement McGill University has established a scholarship in his\nhon or for incoming undergraduates showing “promise of future\nsuccess and res ponsible citizenship” and conferred an honorary\nDoctor of Laws on him Nov ember 2009.\n\n\nHe is a member of the International Olympic Committee. He was\nChairman of the Olympic Games Study Commission. He was Chairman of\n the IOC’s Coordination Commission for the 1996 Olympic Games in\nAtlanta a nd\, from 1984 to 2001\, directed\, inter alia\, all Olympic\ntelevision n egotiations\, marketing and sponsorships.\n\n\nHe was the founding Chairma n of the World Anti-Doping Agency\n(1999-2007) and remains a member of its Foundation board.\n\n\nHe is the Honorary Consul General of Norway in Mon tréal.\n\nEducation\nHe graduated from McGill University (B.C.L. 1967)\; M cGill\nUniversity (Licentiate in Accounting 1964)\; Sir George Williams\nU niversity - now Concordia University (B.A. 1963)\; and from McGill\nUniver sity (B.Comm. 1962).\n\nMr. Pound was appointed Emeritus Lawyer (Ad. E.) b y the Quebec Bar\nin May 2010\, received an honorary degree as Doctor of L aws\n(honoris causa) from the Université du Québec and from\nConcordia Uni versity in 2010\, was appointed as Honorary\nLieutenant-Colonel of the Can adian Grenadier Guards in 2008\, was\nawarded an Honorary Doctorate from t he Beijing Sport University in\n2006\, received a Doctor of Sports Adminis tration (honoris\ncausa) from the Laurentian University in 2005\, a Doctor of\nLaws (honoris causa) from the University of Western\nOntario in June 2004\, a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) by\nthe University of Windsor in 1 997 and an Honorary Ph.D. by the\nUnited States Sports Academy in 1989. In September 2004\, he was\nappointed a Chubb Fellow of Timothy Dwight Colle ge: Yale\nUniversity.\n DTSTART:20101122T153000Z DTEND:20101122T163000Z LOCATION:Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G5\, 853 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:The World Needs More Canada URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/event/world-needs-more-canada-169430 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR