Béatrice Allen

Biographical information

RolesAdministrator
SexFemale
Full nameBéatrice•Allen
Used nameBéatrice•Allen
Born8 August 1950
NOC The Gambia

Biography

Béatrice Allen worked in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for The Gambia from 1974-89 and was a national officer of the UNDP from 1990-2002. She was executive director of trade and investment promotion in The Gambia from 2004-10.

In sports administration Allen was President of The Gambia National Olympic Committee in 2010-11 and was again elected to that position in 2021. She was an honorary member of The Gambia Golf Association and was first vice-president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation.

Allen was co-opted onto the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2006 and served until 2020 when she was required to step down because of age limits, at which time she was made an Honorary Member of the IOC. During her time on the IOC Allen served on the following commissions: Women and Sport (2004-), Culture and Olympic Education (2008-), Coordination for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad Rio 2016 (2010-16), Olympic Education (2015-), Women in Sport (2015-), Public Affairs and Social Development through Sport (2017-), Sustainability and Legacy (2017-), Evaluation for the Youth Olympic Games 2022 (2018), and Medical and Scientific (2018-).

Organization roles

Role Organization Tenure NOC As
NOC International Olympic Committee 2006—2020 GAM Béatrice Allen
President The Gambia National Olympic Committee 2010—2011 GAM Béatrice Allen
President The Gambia National Olympic Committee 2021— GAM Béatrice Allen
Honorary Member International Olympic Committee 2021— GAM Béatrice Allen

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