Ng Ser Miang elected vice-president of IOC

Ng Ser Miang, director of Valencia CF and president of the Board of Trustees of the VCF Foundation, has been elected vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

After the departure of Juan Antonio Samaranch and Ugur Erdener, the Singaporean was named vice-president with 82 votes in favour and 3 against, in the body's 136th session, held virtually this past Friday.

Ng Ser Miang has worked as a member of the IOC for more than two decades, occupying numerous roles within the entity. He was vice-president between 2009 and 2013, as well as being chairman of the IOC Finance Commission, a member of the IOC Coordination Commission for the 2008 (Beijing) and 2012 (London) Olympics, as well as chairman of the IOC Evaluation Commission in 2011 and 2013.

He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Singapore National Olympic Committee and president of the Singapore Olympic Foundation, whilst he played a key role in bringing the Youth Olympic Games to Singapore in 2010.