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Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

Norway

Phone: +47 21 02 90 00

Fax: +47 21 02 90 01

Website: http://www.idrett.no

Address: P.O. Box 5000 0840 Oslo NORWAY

nif-post@idrettsforbundet.no

President

Ms. Zaineb AL-SAMARAI

Ms. Zaineb AL-SAMARAI

Birthday: 22/10/1987

Election Date: 04/06/2023

FUNCTIONS IN NATIONAL SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS

Vice Chair - Vålerenga Football Club
Chair - Executive Board Member of Holmlia Sports Club
Member - Norwegian Football Association' strengthening diversity in football & female participation in football Committee

OTHER FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE NOC

Member - NOC Executive Board 2019 - 2023

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Member / deputy member - City Council, Municipality of Oslo 2011 –
Member / deputy member - Commission of Finance, Municipality of Oslo, 2011 -
Deputy representative - Norwegian Parliament, 2017 – 2021
Partner and Senior Adviser - Storm Samfunn AS, 2021 – 2023
Political adviser - The Norwegian Shipowners’ Association, 2019 – 2021
Deputy Vice Major - business development and public ownership, City of Oslo, 2018 - 2019
Public Affairs Manager and communication adviser within various organisations, 2014 - 2018

CAREER AS ATHLETE / COACH

Football player

EDUCATION

Rhetoric and Communication, University of Oslo 2013
Business communication and defining sustainability, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2012
Master’s Degree at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo

LANGUAGES

Norwegian, English, Arabic

Secretary General

Mr. Nils Einar AAS

Mr. Nils Einar AAS

Birthday: 30/08/1966

Election Date: 15/09/2021

FUNCTIONS IN NATIONAL SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS

Board Member - Oslo Regional Sport Confederation 2020 - 2021
Chairperson - Active Skating Club 2019 -

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Board Member - UN Global Compact Norway 2020 -
CEO - Retura Norway AS, 2016 - 2021
Vice-President - Aquaculture, Aker BioMarine ASA 2015 - 2016
Director - Sales Aquaculture, Aker BioMarine ASA 2014 - 2015
CEO - Veolia Miljø Entreprenør AS, Veolia 2007 - 2010

CAREER AS ATHLETE / COACH

Speed Skater

EDUCATION

Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Global strategy execution programme 2005
Master of Science in Business, BI Norwegian Business School, 1994

LANGUAGES

Norwegian, English, German