LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced Thursday that it has appointed former first-class cricketer Wasim Khan as its new managing director and his tenure is expected to begin from February 2019.
The appointment was finalised after a comprehensive two-phase selection process, which saw over 350 candidates expressing their interest following an advertisement for this position.
The 47-year old Khan played county cricket in England from 1995 to 2001. He also possesses an MBA degree from Warwick Business School (one of the top-10 business schools in the world).
Khan was awarded the prestigious Member of the British Empire (MBE) honour in 2013 and two years later, he was appointed as the CEO of the Leicestershire County Cricket Club where he has enjoyed an extremely successful stint till date.
In 2005, he was recruited by Lord Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, to lead a £50 million community development project that operated in 11,000 state schools and engaged 2.5 million children across England and Wales.
Khan has also been on the board of directors of Sport England, which oversees strategy and policy setting of 55 National Sports Governing Boards. He has also served on the Equality and Human Rights Commission Sports Group, and The Prince’s Trust Cricket Group, while he has been on the ECB’s Anti- Corruption and Integrity Unit for the last seven years.
He was also recently given the responsibility by ECB of chairing a working group that assessed and made recommendations on the domestic structure from 2020.
Commenting on his appointment, Khan said: “I am delighted to be offered the position of Managing Director of PCB – a role which I have accepted as a challenge.
“I have my roots in Pakistan, a country which is full of talent. I will be relocating to Pakistan with my family who are as excited as I am.”
PCB chairman Ehsan Mani said: “We welcome Wasim who will be joining the PCB soon. He was selected unanimously following robust interview process with some seriously good candidates. I must thank each and every applicant who participated in this process.
“Wasim brings with him fresh ideas and knowledge of cricket, and he will receive the support of the Board and the management of PCB.
“We have started the process of revamping the PCB and under Wasim, we now have an experienced leader of the management team who will oversee the implementation of the Board decisions. His first task would be to oversee the reforms of domestic cricket structure”.
