Mr Chiharu
IGAYA

Bachelor of Arts degree and Doctor of Humane Letters, Dartmouth College, United States of America

Member of the Board of Directors of American Home Assurance Co. and American International Underwriters; President of Chiyoda Consultants K.K; Chairman of AIGKK; Honorary Chairman of AIU Insurance Company; Professor of Tokai University; President of Worldwide Business Consultants Company

Participated in three editions of the Olympic Winter Games: Oslo 1952, Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 and Squaw Valley 1960; Olympic Silver medallist in slalom (alpine skiing), Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956; won several Japanese and US national skiing championships as well as many other international competitions

Member of the FIS Alpine Committee and FIS World Cup Committee (International Ski Federation); member of the advisory staff to the Japanese Ski Association and special advisor to the Japanese Amateur Sports Association; special advisor of the Japanese Ministry of Education and of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for sports issues; Vice-President of International Triathlon Union (ITU); President of Japan Triathlon Union (JTU) and Japan Olympic Academy; member of the Ethics and Education Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA); Vice-President of the Asian Triathlon Confederation (ASTC); Honorary Chairman of the Japan Squash Association (JSA); President of the Japan Paralympic Ski Association

"Modern Skiing"; "Philosophy of life"

Medal with purple ribbon (Japan) (1988); Olympic Order, silver (2012); Honorary Doctor's degree from the Nippon Sports Science University (Japan) and frp of the Dartmouth College (United States of America)

IOC Member from 1982 to 2011; Honorary Member since 2012; Member of the Executive Board (1987-1991, 1996-2000); Vice-President (2005-2009); Chairman of the Study and Evaluation Commission for the Preparation of the Olympic Winter Games in 1994 (1988) and of the Evaluation Commission for the XX Olympic Winter Games in 2006 (1998-1999); Member of the following Commissions: Study and Evaluation Commission for the Preparation of the Olympic Winter Games in 1994 (1984-1987), Preparation of the XII Olympic Congress (1985-1988), Television (1984-1987), Olympic Programme (Winter) (1986-1994), Olympic Movement (1987-1991, 1997-1999), Coordination for the Olympic Winter Games, Albertville 1992 (1989-1992), Coordination for the Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer 1994 (1989-1994), Coordination for the Olympic Winter Games, Salt Lake City 2002 (1996-2002), Evaluation for the XIX Olympic Winter Games in 2002 (1995), Evaluation for the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in 2004 (1996), Ethics (1999-2007), “IOC 2000” (1999), Nominations (2005-2006), Women and Sport (2008-); Delegate Member for Public Relations (2001); Council of the Olympic Order (2005)