Tom Harrison (cricketer)

Tom Harrison (born 11 December 1971, Peterborough) is a British former professional cricketer and sports executive. He played cricket with Northamptonshire and Derbyshire.

Tom Harrison
Born (1971-12-11) 11 December 1971
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
NationalityBritish
EducationSchools in South Africa
Oundle School, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
OccupationChief Executive Officer, ECB (January 2015—)
Fmr. Senior Vice President, IMG
Fmr. ECB Head of Marketing
Fmr. Captain, Teddington County Cricket
Fmr. cricketer with Northamptonshire and Derbyshire County Cricket clubs
EmployerEngland and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
Known forCEO and former cricketer

Harrison joined the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as its new Chief Executive Officer in January 2015.

Early life and education

Harrison was born in England but brought up in South Africa until the age of fourteen, after which he attended Oundle School,[1] a boarding and day independent school for boys (now co-educational), in the market town of Oundle, in Northamptonshire, followed by the University of Manchester.

Life and career

Harrison was Senior Vice President for the sports agency, IMG, where he managed the company's media business in the UK and Ireland. Prior to that, Harrison ran IMG's media business in the Indian sub-continent for two years. He was also responsible for IMG's global cricket business and for global media rights sales for Cricket Australia, Cricket South Africa and the Indian Premier League.

Harrison spent five years living in Asia, working with the pan-Asian broadcaster and leading investors in global cricket rights, ESPN STAR Sports where he was responsible for rights syndication across all sports rights. A former captain of Middlesex Premier League side, Teddington CC, Tom was previously ECB's Head of Marketing from 2003 to 2006.

References
  1. Charles Randall (13 October 2014). "Club cricket has good reason to welcome Harrison to ECB post". Club Cricket.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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