Ehsan Mani appointed chair of ICC's financial affairs committee.

Lahore -- Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani has been appointed as chairperson of the ICC's Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee (F and CA).

The appointment was made by ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar during last week's ICC Annual Conference. The F and CA is one of the ICC's most important committees, which assists the organisation in discharging its responsibilities in relation to all financial and commercial matters relating to and concerning it.

For Mani, who is a Chartered Accountant by profession, it is a return to the prestigious role after nearly 17 years. He was the ICC's first-ever F and CA Chairman in 1996 and served until 2002, and was instrumental in commercialising international cricket in 2000 by leading the ICC to sign its first-ever commercial deal worth approximately $550m.

Mani will chair the committee that will also include Indra Nooyi (independent director), Amitabh Choudhary (BCCI), Chris Nenzani (CSA), Imran Khawaja (ICC Vice-Chairman), Earl Eddings (CA) and Colin Graves (ECB). Mr Manohar and Mr Manu Sawhney (ICC CEO) will be the ex-officio members.

While Mani will chair the ICC F and CA for the second time, Dr Nasim Ashraf is the only other PCB Chairman to head an ICC committee when he led the HR and Remuneration Committee in 2008. Mani - who became...