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Profiles
Career Highlights
Current Role
General Manager of Cricket, ICC (May 2022 – Present)
Pioneer of Global MBA in the Business of Sport, Freelance (Jan 2022 – Present)
Previous Roles
Chief Executive Officer, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) (Feb 2019 – Oct 2021)
Chief Executive Officer, Leicestershire County Cricket Club (Jan 2015 – Jan 2019)
Chief Executive Officer, Cricket Foundation (Jul 2009 – Dec 2014)
Operations Director, Cricket Foundation (May 2005 – Jun 2009)
Community Development Manager, The Professional Cricketers’ Association (Jan 2004 – Apr 2005)
Professional Cricketer, Warwickshire CCC / Sussex CCC / Derbyshire CCC (Apr 1990 – Sep 2000)
Bio
Wasim Gulzar Khan MBE is a former cricketer who subsequently pursued a career as a cricket administrator and executive
Khan currently serves as the International Cricket Council’s General Manager of Cricket, and was appointed to this role in May 2022.
Before joining the ICC, Khan served as Chief Executive Officer at the Pakistan Cricket Board for almost three years.
Before his international cricket roles, Khan held many senior positions in domestic cricket in the UK. These included four years as CEO of the Leicestershire County Club, over 11 years at the Cricket Foundation, including four as CEO. During that time he led the Cricket Foundation’s £50 million Chance to Shine campaign.
Khan was the first British-born Pakistani-origin Muslim to play professional cricket in England, and played for 10 years in high performance environments in England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. He was a member of the double winning Warwickshire team in 1995.
In January 2015, Khan earned a Master of Business Administration from the Warwick Business School.
