Tom Harrison (cricketer)

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

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. He was raised in South Africa until fourteen, after which he attended Oundle School,^[1] 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[]

External links[]

• Tom Harrison at Cricket Archive
• Tom Harrison at BBC News

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