Haddad, originally from Iraq but now a British citizen, joins the IOC from Procter & Gamble International, where she is currently associate director, finance analysis and capability building for Europe, Middle East and Africa, based in Geneva.

She will replace Caroline Kuyper, who quit as the chief finance officer in March only nine months after joining the IOC. 

In her 19 years with P&G, an Olympic sponsor, Haddad has held key global and regional financial leadership positions including in Britain, United States, Germany and Switzerland, working as a business partner and advisor to finance and leadership teams.

The fully qualified chartered management accountant has a proven track record in business unit management, developing organisation and building diversity, the IOC claimed.

Earlier in her career, Haddad held several senior positions of process engineer and research and development manager with British Gas.

She is due to take up her new role in March 2014. 

Lindsay Glassco will join the IOC as international cooperation and development director from Special Olympics Canada, where she is President and chief executive @Linkedin

The IOC also announced that it had appointed Canadian Lindsay Glassco as international cooperation and development director.

She will join the IOC from Special Olympics Canada, where she is currently President and chief executive, overseeing all Canadian operations for the organisation, which provides daily sports programmes and competition opportunities to people with intellectual disabilities.

Glassco was formerly the global director of policy and strategy with Right to Play, an international Non Governmental Organisation whose mission is to use sport and play to educate and empower children and youth to overcome the effects of poverty, conflict and disease in disadvantaged communities.