Tuesday, 18 March 2008

New ICC chief - Imtiaz Patel

ICC(International Cricket Council) has a new Chief Executive, Imtiaz Patel who will succeed Malcolm Speed-the current CEO of ICC. Malcolm Speed has been in the post for about 7 years.
David Morgan, ICC president elect, said "There was an absolute consensus on his choice. He was among the six candidates shortlisted for the job by the ICC executive board from a list of 15 chosen by our consultants."
Patel, a former soweto teacher, worked for the United Cricket Board, the former cricket board of South Africa.The head of the board at the time Patel joined the body, praised him on his success.
I.S.Bindra,the former head of BCCI, who was the other frontrunner in the race to become the CEO has got the job of a Principal Advisor, which is also a very high position.
Source:Yahoo!India

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