Ehsan Mani | |
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| 34th Chairman of thePakistan Cricket Board | |
| In office 4 September 2018 – 26 August 2021 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
| Preceded by | Najam Sethi[1] |
| Succeeded by | Ramiz Raja |
| President of theInternational Cricket Council | |
| In office 2003–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Gray |
| Succeeded by | Percy Sonn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1945-03-23)23 March 1945 (age 80) Rawalpindi,Punjab,British India |
| Nationality | Pakistani,British |
| Relatives | Dilawar Mani (Brother) |
| Residence | London |
| Education | Chartered Accountant[2] |
| Alma mater | Government College University |
Ehsan Mani (Urdu:احسان مانی; born 23 March 1945) is a Pakistani chartered accountant who is the former president ofInternational Cricket Council (ICC) and former chairman ofPakistan Cricket Board (PCB).[3]
Mani was born inRawalpindi[2]Pakistan into aPashtun family. His early life was spent in Pakistan playing for the Rawalpindi Club andGovernment College Lahore XI from 1959 to 1965 as a right-hand batsman and a left-armfast medium bowler before moving to theUnited Kingdom to complete his further studies.[2] He is member ofICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) and is aChartered Accountant by profession.[2] He has resided in the UK since late 1960s.
From 1989 to 1996, Mani represented thePakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in the ICC. For the1996 Cricket World Cup, he was on the advisory committee as the PCB representative.[2] He was also on the same committee during the1999 Cricket World Cup played inEngland. In 1996, he was elected by the ICC member nations to the position of chairman of the ICC finance and marketing committee. He held this position until this committee was dissolved in June 2002. After that he took over as the vice-president of the ICC executive board. He has also served on a number of ICC committees, such as the Chairman's Advisory Committee, set up to adviseLord Cowdrey andSir Clyde Walcott during their stint as ICC president. Other committees he has been a part of are the rules review committee and the governance and organisation committee. In June 2003, he became the ICC president.
Mani is on the board of a number of UK companies mostly banking and real-estate. He is also the chairman of Galiyat Development Authority (KP), member of board of governors of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust[4] and member of board of directors of Biafo Industries Ltd[5] in Pakistan. He is also trustee of a number of charities in UK and Pakistan.
On 20 August 2018, Prime MinisterImran Khan nominated Ehsan Mani as PCB Chairman.[6][7] On 4 September 2018, he was elected unopposed as PCB Chairman by the PCB's Board of Governors for a period of three years.[8]
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