MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India has appointed Hemang Amin, chief operating officer of the Indian Premier league, as interim chief executive officer (CEO) in place of Rahul Johri, whose long pending resignation the BCCI finally accepted last week.
Johri was appointed as BCCI CEO in 2016 after the the board mandated head hunting firm Korn Ferry to help in the search for its first-ever CEO.
Amin’s elevation was informed to the BCCI affiliates in an internal communication by Jay Shah, BCCI secretary and son of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Amin, who used to report to Johri, has been handling the operations division of IPL since 2017.
The BCCI is expected to appoint a new CEO within the next two months.
“Until a new CEO takes over, the board has asked Amin to handle CEO’s role for an interim period. The board will discuss on the appointment of new CEO, advertisement will be given and applications will be invited for the post in coming days. A new CEO will only take charge after nearly two months,” sources in the BCCI told Indian Express.
