Sir Tennant Edward "Tay" Wilson KNZM OBE (3 February 1925 – 26 October 2014) was the ninth member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from New Zealand, from 1988 to 2006 (being required to stand down when he turned 80), and later an honorary member.
Wilson was born in Feilding[1] and attended Nelson College from 1938 to 1942.
[2] He was a competitive rower and was the double sculls New Zealand junior champion in 1959.
He practised as a chartered accountant for 61 years, with his own firm Tay Wilson & Co in Lower Hutt and Wellington.
[1] He was New Zealand chef de mission at the 1980 Moscow Olympics (when New Zealand sent four sportspeople, who marched under the NZOCGA logo) and deputy chef de mission at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.