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Mr Richard Carrión: Puerto Rico
Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index Puerto Rico’s ranking: 57 th out of 179 countries (as
part of United States – extra-territorial)
Transparency International Corruption Perception Index Puerto Rico’s ranking: 39 th out of 182
countries
IOC Membership: 1990 – present
Member of the following Commissions:
• Member (1991), Vice-Chairman (1999-2001) then Chairman (2002-) of the Finance
Commission
• Chairman of the Audit Committee (2006-)
• Coordination for the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 (1991-1996)
• Enquiry for the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in 2000 (1993)
• Marketing (1997-)
• IOC 2000 (1999)
• TV Rights and New Media (2002-)
• Remuneration Working Group (2003)
• Coordination for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 (2010-)
Olympic sporting background: None.
Sports administration background:
• President of the Puerto Rican Bidding Commission for the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in
2004
• Member of the Executive Committee of the NOC (1990-)
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the Central American Games (1993)
• Central Board of FIBA
• FIBA Finance Commission
Education: Bachelor of Science in Economics, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University
of Pennsylvania, (USA); Master of Science in Management Information Systems, MIT Sloan School of
Management (USA)
Work experience (and Board experience):
• Director of Visa International, Latin America
• Chief Executive Officer (1989) and Chairman (1993) of Popular Inc. and Banco Popular de
Puerto Rico
• Member of the Board of Directors of Verizon
• Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Chairman of the Board of Banco Popular Foundation
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