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

The Montreal lawyer is one of two candidates put forward by the International Olympic Committee to be the next head of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) 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 senior IOC member, served as head of the anti-doping agency from 1999 to 2007.

If elected, he would oversee the work of the sports world's top appeals body. He would also control the appointment of arbitrators who rule on disputes.