Ehsan Mani (

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: ; born 23 March 1945) is a Pakistani chartered accountant who is the former president of

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(ICC) and former chairman of

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(PCB).

Early life

Mani was born in

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in P ...

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into a

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family. His early life was spent in Pakistan playing for the Rawalpindi Club and

Government College Lahore The Government College University (colloquially known as GCU; Punjabi, Urdu: ) is a public research university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded as Government College, Lahore, in 1864 under British administration, it became a university ...

XI from 1959 to 1965 as a right-hand batsman and a left-arm fast medium bowler before moving to the

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to complete his further studies. He is member of

ICAEW The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) is a professional membership organisation that promotes, develops and supports chartered accountants and students around the world. As of December 2024, it has over 210,000 memb ...

(Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) and is a Chartered Accountant by profession. He has resided in the UK since late 1960s.

Cricket administrator

From 1989 to 1996, Mani represented the

(PCB) in the ICC. For the

1996 Cricket World Cup The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup 1996 for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth Cricket World Cup organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was co-hosted by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The tournament wa ...

, he was on the advisory committee as the PCB representative. He was also on the same committee during the

1999 Cricket World Cup The 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup, also branded as England '99, was the seventh edition of the Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted primarily by England, with selected matches also played in Wales, ...

played in

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. 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 advise Lord Cowdrey and

Sir Clyde Walcott Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott KA, GCM, OBE (17 January 1926 – 26 August 2006) was a West Indian cricketer. Walcott was a member of the "three W's", the other two being Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell: all were very successful batsmen from ...

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 and member of board of directors of Biafo Industries Ltd in Pakistan. He is also trustee of a number of charities in UK and Pakistan. On 20 August 2018, Prime Minister

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and former cricketer who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He was the founder of the political party Pak ...

nominated Ehsan Mani as PCB Chairman. On 4 September 2018, he was elected unopposed as PCB Chairman by the PCB's Board of Governors for a period of three years.

References

External links

Ehsan Mani
ICC official site.

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