IOC appoints Head of Executive Office - IOC announces composition of Tokyo 2020 and Buenos Aires 2018 Coordination Commissions

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEEFriday 18 October 2013http://www.olympic.org/

IOC appoints Head of Executive Office  International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has appointed Jochen Färber as Head of his Executive Office. A journalist by training and a communication and marketing expert, Mr Färber has a long and extensive experience in the world of sport both from the media and management sides. Mr Färber is currently Managing Director of the Olympic Training centre for fencing in Germany and head of the centre’s marketing arm. He was involved in the organisation of four Olympic Games, four Paralympic Games and more than 20 Fencing World Championships, and was head of broadcasting at the International Fencing Federation. He also founded and ran his own PR and communications agency for over ten years, and was responsible for the communication of the Munich 2018 bid. A German national, Mr Färber, 46, speaks German, English and French. He takes up his post on 1 December. ###  INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE Wednesday 16 October 2013 www.olympic.org IOC announces composition of Tokyo 2020 and Buenos Aires 2018 Coordination Commissions International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has appointed IOC Vice-President John Coates as Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad ­- Tokyo 2020; and Frank Fredericks as Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires 2018. Coates and Fredericks will lead two experienced teams of commission members, also named today, who will be responsible for assisting their respective local Organising Committees as they prepare for their editions of the Games. The members of the Coordination Commissions represent the stakeholders of the Olympic Movement, including the athletes, the National Olympic Committees, International Sports Federations, and the International Paralympic Committee, and act as a link between them, the Organising Committees and other Olympic Movement stakeholders, thereby ensuring the coordination necessary to help deliver successful editions of the Games. President Bach also decided that Arne Ljungqvist, Gerhard Heiberg and Hein Verbruggen will continue in their roles as chairmen of the Medical Commission, Marketing Commission and OBS, respectively, until after the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games to ensure continuity in the preparations. The terms of all three had been set to expire after the IOC Session in Buenos Aires. Following Richard Carrión’s decision to resign from his different positions within the IOC, the President and he agreed that in order to assist in this transition process, Mr Carrión would continue to lead the TV negotiations already under way outside Europe until the Sochi 2014 Games. President Bach asked IOC member Ser Miang Ng to chair the next meeting of the Finance Commission in December. As the President has already indicated, the composition and structure of all IOC commissions and working groups will be reviewed after the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. The members of the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad - Tokyo 2020 are as follows: Chairman John COATESVice-ChairAlex GILADY Members (in alphabetical order) Sebastian COE (ANOC) Mikaela COJUANGCO-JAWORSKI Kirsty COVENTRY (Athletes’ Commission) Anita DEFRANTZ Guy DRUT Habu GUMEL Nicole HOEVERTSZ Robin MITCHELL Lydia NSEKERA Andrew PARSONS (IPC) Irena SZEWINSKA Marius VIZER (ASOIF) Zaiqing YU Director in chargeOlympic Games Executive Director The members of the Coordination Commission for the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires 2018 are as follows:ChairmanFrank FREDERICKS Members (in alphabetical order) Danka BARTEKOVA (Athletes’ Commission) Lingwei LI Barry MAISTER Henry NÚÑEZ (ANOC) Adham SHARARA (ASOIF) Director in charge Olympic Games Executive Director ###