da bet7： David Collier is expected to be named as the ECB’s new chief executive at a press conference on Wednesday morning
da bet7： Wisden Cricinfo staff22-Jun-2005
Tim Lamb: going, going …© Getty Images
The ECB will announce the name of its new chief executive at a press conference at Lord’s tomorrow morning (Oct 13). Although officials remained light-lipped about the identity of Tim Lamb’s successor, many of today’s newspapers tipped David Collier, who is currently Nottinghamshire’s chief executive.Collier, 48, is already a member of the ECB’s management board, and is the favourite of the three candidates on the short-list. The others are Richard Bevan, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers Association, and Matthew Wheeler, a former Northamptonshire player who has worked in sports marketing.Collier has considerable domestic experience, having worked at four counties – Essex, Gloucestershire and Leicestershire before moving to Trent Bridge. He also has worked in sports marketing, and the leisure industry for Sema, a Cheshire-based computer-systems company. He’s also a hockey referee, and in 2003 played an important part in organising a rescue package which bailed out the England Hockey Association.Wheeler’s stint with Northamptonshire was brief – he played just two matches for them as a fast-medium bowler in 1985 – but he made more of an impression with Octagon, the group currently advising the ECB on the new television contracts, and he has made a success of his two sports-marketing companies.Bevan’s was the surprising name on the short-list, given that he has often crossed swords with the ECB in the past in his dealings on behalf of the players.A firm of headhunters has been working on behalf of the ECB to find a replacement for Lamb, who resigned in May after six years in charge.
