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Mr Gerhard HEIBERG

Mr Gerhard HEIBERG

Gerhard HEIBERG
Entry in the IOC 1994
Country NOR (Norway)
Born 20 April 1939, Oslo
Marital status Married; three children
Education
MBA, Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Copenhagen (1963); San José University (1964)

Career
President and CEO of Norcem (1973-1987); after merger of Norcem and Aker in 1987, President and CEO (1987-1989); Chairman of the Board of Aker SA (1989-1996); Chairman of the Boards of Den Norske Bank (1995-2000) and of Norwegian Trade Council (1995-2000); partner of Norscan Partners AS

Sports practised
Athletics, football, tennis, swimming, skiing

Sports administration
Chairman, President and CEO of the Lillehammer Olympic Organising Committee (LOOC) (1989-1994); Chairman, President and CEO of Lillehammer Paralympics (1990-1994); member of the NOC (1994-)

IOC History
Member of the Executive Board (2003-); Chairman of the Marketing Commission (2001-) and of the Evaluation Commission for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 (2002-2003); Vice-Chairman of the Olympic Philately, Numismatic and Memorabilia Commission (2005-); member of the following Commissions: Coordination for the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Nagano in 1998 (1995-1998), Coordination for the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City in 2002 (1996-2002), Sport and Environment (1996-2001), “IOC 2000” (1999), Coordination for the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006 (2000-2006), TV Rights and New Media (2002-)