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In March 2003, Gilbert Felli was appointed Olympic Games Executive Director. Mr Felli joined the IOC in 1990 as Director of the IOC Department of Sports, Olympic Games Coordination and Relations with International Federations. He was a member of the Evaluation Commissions for the Olympic Games from 2002 to 2014. Furthermore, he has been a member of the Olympic Games Coordination Commission since the Albertville Olympic Games and is currently Executive Director of the Vancouver, London and Sochi Coordination Commissions, as well as the Evaluation Commission for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games.
As the Olympic Games Executive Director, he is responsible for the running, coordination and follow-up of all Olympic Games activities, from the candidature phase to the actual holding of the Olympic Games.
On many occasions, he has also been in a honorary position as President of the organising or technical committees for competitions such as world and continental championships in skiing, tennis, figure skating, curling, archery, gymnastics, basketball, volleyball and athletics.
He has personal experience of sports competitions as an official of a Swiss ski team and as a coach for ski and ice-hockey teams. Mr Felli also participated in a ski professional circuit in the USA for several years and played ice-hockey with a Swiss club.
Mr Felli has a diploma in architecture, and worked several years in construction business in Switzerland before switching to the sports world. | 
