Moss resigned from his £75,000 ($118,000) job with the Milton Keynes-based Badminton England last July after less than two years in the position but has now returned to Canada to take up with this newly-created role. 

"The creation of this position demonstrates the COC's commitment to effectively servicing the needs of its National Sport Federation membership," said COC chief executive Jean Dupré.

"We are excited to have Ian working with our sport partners in our ongoing effort to Olympic Games success."

Moss has more than 20 years experience in high performance sport.

Before working for Badminton England, Moss was the executive director at Rowing Canada from 2005-2009.

Canadian rowers won four medals at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the most of any sport.

"I am thrilled to join the COC in this new capacity, one which I believe builds upon my skill set developed over the years in both association management and high performance programming with numerous sports," Moss said.

"It is my responsibility to find new and innovative ways to provide greater value added operational support to the membership that can complement existing COC programming on the Olympic Games and performance preparation platforms and continue to build upon the strong relationship that has been build between the COC and its member NSFs."

Moss was also previously the executive director of Badminton Canada from 1997-2005 and has worked with Diving Canada, the Coaching Association of Canada and the Canadian Cricket Association.

"Ian is an ideal candidate as he brings extensive targeted and non-targeted leadership experience both nationally and internationally," said Caroline Assalian, the COC's executive managing director of Sport and NSF relations. "I am confident that, through this new role, Ian will deliver added-value services to help NSFs in their quest to be world class sport organisations."

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