BCB name Manzur Ahmed as new CEO

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday named former wicketkeeper-batsman Manzur Ahmed as their new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Ahmed played for Bangladesh in the 1980s, but it was his two-decade long career at club and zonal level which was even more distinguished.

Before joining the BCB, the 54-year-old had served as CEO of Brunei Darussalam Cricket Association since 2005. He was an Executive Member of the Brunei Darussalam Cricket Association from 1996 to 2003 and was the cricket association?s Development Manager from 2003 to 2005. He also served as a member of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Executive Board.

"This is a very exciting time for me. I had always wanted to involve myself with cricket in Bangladesh and as a keen sports enthusiast and former player this is the ideal challenge for me. I firmly believe that good governance is a key factor in enhancing the level of performance and my effort would be towards achieving that with the BCB," Ahmed was quoted as saying in a release issued by BCB.

Manzur is an engineering graduate of the Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) and had completed his MBA from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University.