David Howman,
WADA
David Howman has served as director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) since 2003.
Howman was an original WADA Foundation board member representing Oceania and served as the chair of the WADA Legal Committee. In addition, he served as the chair of the Independent Observer Team at the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City 2002 and as the deputy chair of the Independent Observer Team at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.
Prior to that, he practiced as an attorney in Wellington, New Zealand. He was also chairman of the New Zealand Sports Drug Agency between 2000 and 2003 and, previously, its counsel. He was instrumental in writing the legislation for the agency and he has represented many prominent New Zealand sportsmen in various activities and contractual areas.