Timo Lumme (born 13 June 1961) is the former Managing Director of the IOC television and Marketing Services of the

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(IOC). He was responsible for the IOC's Global Sponsorship Program.

Life

He studied law at King's College London. He moved to Amsterdam for 3 years in 1997 to work as the European Sports Marketing Director for

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. He then moved back to England in 2000 to work for

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. He moved to

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, Switzerland in 2004 to work for the IOC.

Family

Timo Lumme married an English woman, Nicola Driver, in 1997. He now has a son and a daughter, born in 1998 and 2000.

References

* IOC, 2010. Biography. nlineAvailable at: http://www.dow.com/news/multimedia/media_kits/2010_07_16a/pdfs/Timo_Lumme_Bio.pdf ccessed 11 December 2012 * Lumme, T., 2008. Timo Lumme nterview(23 May 2008). {{DEFAULTSORT:Lumme, Timo 1961 births Living people Alumni of King's College London Finnish businesspeople Finnish expatriates in England Finnish expatriates in Switzerland Finnish expatriates in the Netherlands