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Education and Professional ExperienceEducation Law degree and doctorate (Neuchtel, Zurich and Cambridge)

Qualification as Attorney at LawLegal career Founder of Oswald Law firm

Attorney for many major companies since 1973Legal consultant in commercial and contract lawNegotiated important contracts for major companiesAttorney specialised in sports lawPresident of the Bar (Neuchtel, 1990-1993)

University career Professor at the University of Neuchtel since 2001Lectured in Association lawLectured on organisation of world sport Lectured on legal implications in event managementProfessor in the International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport since 2000Visiting Professor at the University of Paris I (Panthon-Sorbonne) Visiting Professor at the Universities of Zurich and Lausanne

Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)

CAS Arbitrator since 1984CAS Mediator since 1994

International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES)

Director of the CIES since 2000President of the Scientific Committee of the International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport since 2000

Swiss Ice Hockey League

Member of the Swiss Ice Hockey League appeals chamber (1976-1991)

Languages French, English, GermanSpanish and Italian (good knowledge)

Athlete and coachRowing Competed in three Olympic Games

Bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Mexico (1968) and 2 Olympic diplomas (Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976)Finished 4th at the World Rowing Championships (1974) and 6th at the European Rowing Championships (1969)13 x Swiss ChampionCoach of several Swiss crews for international competition

Ice Hockey National university Ice Hockey vice-champion

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International experience in sport administrationNOC Swiss Olympic Committee

At the origin of the Swiss Olympic Committees first Athletes Commission and member (1969-1976)Member of the Swiss Olympic Committee Executive Board since 1985Deputy Secretary General of the Swiss Olympic Committee (1985-1996)

FISA World Rowing Secretary General of FISA (1978-1989)President of FISA since 1989

ASOIF President of ASOIF (2000-2012)IOC Member of the IOC since 1991

Member of the IOC Executive Board (2000-2012)Chairman of the Coordination Commissions for the Athens 2004 and London 2012 Olympic GamesMember of the IOC Juridical Commission since 1993Member of the IOC Medical Commission since 1995Member of the IOC Disciplinary Commission since 2000Vice-chairman or member of numerous other commissions including: IOC Admission Commission (1992-1998) IOC Olympic Movement Commission (1989-1999) IOC Evaluation Commission for the 2004 Olympic Summer Games

(1996-1997) IOC Coordination Committee for the Sydney, Athens, Beijing and London

Olympic Summer Games IOC 2000 Reform Commission IOC 2000 Reform Follow-up Commission IOC Olympic Collectors Commission (1994-1999) IOC Olympic Philately, Numismatic and Memorabilia Commission (2000-2001)

Co-author of the Olympic Movement Medical Code, the Olympic Movement Anti-Doping Code and the World Anti-Doping Code

SportAccord Member of the board of SportAccord since 2001World Masters Games Member of the board of the World Masters Games since 1993Socit nautique de Neuchtel (Suisse)

Club President (1976-1980)

Major achievementsIOC Active participation in all debates of the Executive Board for 12 yearsASOIF Reestablishment of unity among International Sports Federations and an increase

in the services provided to themFISA Contributed to the increase in universality of rowing (the number of affiliated

associations rose from 67 to 137)IOC IFs Improvement of the relationship between the Olympic Movement and the

International Federations (IFs)Olympic Games The success of the Olympic Games in Athens despite numerous difficulties and of the

Olympic Games in London which are now a benchmark for future Olympic Games

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