GENEVA - Former World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound has been nominated for president of the highest court in sports.

Pound is one of two candidates put forward by the International Olympic Committee to be the next head of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The other candidate is Geneva-based lawyer Robert Briner.

"It's up to CAS to get on with the elections, but we do respect their autonomy so it's all in their hands in terms of moving things forward," IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau said Friday.

The IOC is the only body that can nominate candidates for the CAS presidency, but the tribunal's 20-member board makes the final decision. The vote could come in April.

Pound, a Canadian lawyer and senior IOC member, served as head of WADA from 1999-2007.

If elected, he would be in charge of overseeing the work of the sports world's top appeals body. He would also control the appointment of arbitrators whof sport "so that CAS does not get lost in the clutter of general arbitration bodies dealing with commercial and other disputes."

Briner could not be reached for comment Friday.