ECB chairman Giles Clarke

Responsibility for the day-to-day running of the ECB rests with the executive management team who report directly to the chief executive, with each enjoying a high degree of functional delegated authority.

The chief executive, in turn, reports to the chairman of the ECB Board, which is currently comprised of 10 experienced non-executive directors representing the broad complexion of the sport plus ECB’s chief executive and finance director.

An executive committee chaired by the chief executive is responsible for delivering the ECB’s strategic plans and three other committees (cricket, commercial and finance) are actively responsible for working with the leadership team on policy, planning and strategic issues.

For more information on the committees structure, download the PDF file below, which is taken from the ECB Annual Report and Accounts 2007:

ECB committees structure (129 KB)

The ECB's annual meeting on May 31, 2005 gave unanimous support for changes in the board’s articles of association.

This saw the ECB board streamlined from 18 members to 12 and a reduction to the three committees, as above - together with an arm’s-length Discipline Standing Committee.

The board is comprised of a chairman, deputy chairman and chairman of cricket elected by all 40 members of ECB, an independent non-executive director, three directors from the first-class game, two directors from the recreational game, two ECB executives and an MCC executive.

This follows the proposals outlined in the ECB strategic plan – Building Partnerships - which was unveiled in April 2005.

The ECB Board at Lord's in April 2008

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The ECB board is comprised of:

• Giles Clarke (chairman)
• Dennis Amiss (deputy chairman)
• John Pickup (chairman of recreational assembly) - currently chairman of MCCA; secretary of Cheshire CCC
• Jack Simmons (chairman of cricket)
• David Collier (ECB chief executive)
  

  ECB Board member Sir William Morris

• Brian Havill (ECB finance director)
• Keith Bradshaw (secretary and chief executive of MCC)
• Sir William Morris (Independent non-executive director)
• Bob Jackson - currently secretary of Durham Cricket Board
• David Stewart - currently chairman of Surrey CCC
• David Green - currently chairman of Sussex CCC
• Nigel Hilliard - currently chairman of Essex CCC

Structure news items (most recent at top):

• Trio re-elected to board
• Simmons elected chairman of cricket
• Amiss confirmed in role
• Amiss wins deputy chair vote
• ECB crackdown on bureaucracy
• Hilliard joins ECB
• Clarke endorsed by ECB
• ECB look for deputy chairman
• Morris lands England post
• Collier salutes Morgan
• ECB Board approves Schofield recommendations
• Green elected to ECB Board
• ECB re-elect Morgan
• ECB media release with full details of completion of ECB modernisation process, and elections and appointments to the Board
  

• John Pickup (right) was elected Chairman of the new Recreational Assembly in June 2005 - to serve until March 31 2008
• Chairman's address to the AGM - May 31 2005 (59 KB)
• Morris ECB Deputy Chief Exec
• Clarke proposed as chairman
• Morris lands England post