NZ Cricket has elected former Blackcap Martin Snedden as its new board chair.
Snedden will fill the role vacated by Greg Barclay, who stood down in November to take up a position as International Cricket Council (ICC) chair.
The 62-year-old is a former NZC chief executive and a board member on three different occasions, dating back to 1990.
The former Blackcaps bowler - who played 118 times in tests and one-dayers, and took 172 international wickets - has vast experience in sports administration, after roles as chief executive of Rugby World Cup 2011, Duco Promotions and Tourism Association NZ, as well as being a director of the World Masters Games 2017.
Snedden says he's honoured to take the role of NZC chair at a time when the organisation was in such good shape and had been led so capably by his predecessor.
"I’d like to thank Greg for the outstanding direction and guidance he’s given the board since being elected as chair in 2016," he says.
"It is a measure of the success he has overseen in this role that he has now been elected the ICC chair.
“Equally, I’d like to thank my fellow NZC directors for their support.
“I know that, together with chief executive David White and his excellent management team, we’ll help lead the sport out of this global pandemic and embrace a strong and sustainable future."
Snedden is currently part of the NZC board’s 'Women in Governance' project sub-committee and the high-performance advisory group.
He holds positions as chair of Heart of the City, and Destination Auckland, a director on the board of Women in Sport Aotearoa and a trustee of the Cricketers’ Hardship Trust.
