Former professional cricketer that played primarily for the Northamptonshire Country Cricket Club and the Derbyshire Cricket Country Club. After retiring, he began working as the Chief Executive Officer of the England and Wales Cricket Board.
He is a graduate of the University of Manchester.
He once served as Senior Vice President of the International Management Group. During that time with IMG, he was able to obtain global media rights sales for Cricket Australia, Cricket South Africa and the Indian Premier League. He was a left-handed batter. Long after his playing career, he continued to play club cricket.
Although he was born in Peterborough, England, he grew up living with his family in South Africa.
He shares a December 11th birthday with Courtney Henggeler and Brenda Lee.