The IOC on Sunday "released its new commissions lineup that saw no changes at the helm of the key finance and marketing commissions but a sharp rise in women members," according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. Singaporean Ser Miang Ng, an IOC presidential candidate who was defeated by current President Thomas Bach in '13, "remains head of the finance commission which oversees the organisation's multi-billion dollar revenues." Japan's Tsunekazu Takeda "also stayed on as head of the marketing commission," in charge of sealing deals with the organization's top sponsors. A "third of all members of the commissions overseeing every part of the IOC's activities are women," a 49% increase since Bach took over. But still "only seven out of the 30 commissions are headed by women." Bach: "These changes are another major step in the implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020, the strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement." Among the changes "are the inclusion of a United Nations representative for the first time, a rise in the number of commission members from Africa and Oceania, as well as an increase in the number of chairpersons from the Africa and Asia that now stood at 34 percent" (REUTERS, 5/31).
