Hemang Amin takes over as interim CEO of BCCI after Rahul Johri's resignation

[MenInG]

The BCCI is all set to part ways with its chief executive officer Rahul Johri, whose long-pending resignation was accepted on Thursday.

While the top bosses in the BCCI remained tight-lipped about the development, a senior official in the know of things told PTI that they have decided to accept his resignation letter sent on December 27.

“Rahul Johri’s resignation has been a accepted. He was earlier given an extension till April 30 but this time it has been accepted,” a BCCI veteran told PTI on the condition of anonymity.

It could not be ascertained why the BCCI suddenly decided to accept his resignation.

Johri, who joined the BCCI in 2016, had earlier put in his papers after the Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) had made way for the Sourav Ganguly-led set-up the run the world’s richest cricket board.

He was then asked to continue till the end of his contract, which is due to expire in 2021.

However, once the BCCI got back its administration, Johri was increasingly marginalized with his domain of work, including matters related to ICC, being handled by secretary Jay Shah.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...on-accepted/story-Q8mz3ZCpcRFYJgnkvorgmK.html

 

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Hemang Amin, the chief operating officer of the Indian Premier League, has been appointed interim chief executive officer (CEO) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Amin’s elevation was informed to the BCCI affiliates in an internal communication by BCCI secretary Jay Shah.

“As you might be aware, Mr. Rahul Johri who was the CEO, has resigned and is now no longer with BCCI. We have appointed Mr. Hemang Amin, COO, IPL as the interim CEO of the BCCI,” Shah wrote in an email to all the BCCI affiliates late on Monday evening, accessed by Sportstar.

“I request you to extend all possible co-operation to Mr. Amin in his new role,” it added.

Shah’s communication also formalised that Johri’s controversial term as the first CEO of the BCCI came to an abrupt end last week. Besides being cleared by the court-appointed committee of administrators of an alleged sexual harassment charge during the #MeToo movement last year, Johri had fallen off the radar from the new office-bearers.

While he had resigned in April, it was understood that the apex council had rejected his resignation before the secretary released him of his duties last week.

Amin will thus succeed Johri, albeit in an interim role, with the richest sports body in the country and the richest cricket board in the world going through a tumultous phase. He has taken on the reins at a time when the BCCI, despite being forced to adopt the Supreme Court-directed administrative reforms, is going through an uncertain phase.

Soon after the rejigged apex council took charge after the election in October 2019, the BCCI has seen its chief financial officer Santosh Rangnekar and vice-president Mahim Verma resign from their posts. In the next couple of months, unless the Supreme Court agrees to hear the BCCI’s appeal against reforms, the Board could soon be without a president and secretary, with Sourav Ganguly and Shah, respectively, being forced into serving a cooling-off period at the end of July as per existing rules.

Moreover, Amin will also have to walk the thin line with the International Cricket Council (ICC) when it comes to getting the tax sops for organising the next year’s T20 World Cup. And most importantly, he will have to continue to work on the BCCI's plan of staging the Indian Premier League’s postponed 2020 edition in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Having already spent a decade in the BCCI office would certainly come in handy for Amin at such a critical time. After short stints at the Bombay Stock Exchange and Deutsche Bank, Amin joined the IPL operations team in June 2010. He was appointed the COO soon after Sundar Raman resigned in November 2015.

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...shah-ganguly-cricket-news/article32072238.ece

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Funny to see PCB and BCCI go opposite ways. Imran Khan rarely mention the PCB and here we have Amit Shah's son taking up work.

 

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Hemang Amin, a serious candidate for the BCCI CEO role

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may have appointed Hemang Amin as the interim chief executive officer (CEO) after relieving Rahul Johri last week but the Indian Premier League (IPL) chief operating officer may soon emerge as a serious candidate for the CEO’s position.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah circulated a note to state associations, late on Monday evening, informing them about Amin’s new role and Johri’s ouster. According to BCCI insiders, the “timing” of the announcement hints at Amin having emerged a contender for the CEO’s role.

The BCCI apex council is set to meet on Friday after more than two months and point No. 9 on the agenda is “discussion on appointment of new employees”. Among the major positions to be filled at the BCCI are CEO and chief financial officer, two posts that were introduced in the BCCI set-up in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

Amin being a BCCI old-timer, had joined the IPL executives’ team in 2010 after stints at the Bombay Stock Exchange and Deutsche Bank, is likely to work in his favour.

“He ticks all the boxes, has the expertise, requisite experience, has earned the trust of his colleagues and BCCI officials alike and has mastered the art of tackling different regimes,” said a former BCCI official.

“Don’t be surprised if they decide to promote Hemang rather than getting a new face just like the previous one and shell out a huge package for him,” the official added.

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...-role-indian-cricket-news/article32080954.ece

 

[MenInG]

Seems to have come out of nowhere and now talk of leading ICC!

 

[King_Kohli]

Seems to have come out of nowhere and now talk of leading ICC!

I just saw his LinkedIn profile.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hemang-amin-a126145/

Omg.
He did many degrees including Masters in MIT
Two Bachelors degrees and Two Master Degrees
Law, commerce, Finance and Management.

 

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MUMBAI: Saba Karim, the BCCI's General Manager (Cricket Operations), is learnt to have quit from his position and a formal announcement on the same is likely soon.

Karim had come on board in December 2017, with the then CEO Rahul Johri presiding over the appointment.

Karim's exit from the BCCI comes a week after the board accepted Johri's resignation.

Details of Karim's exit and about who will take over his responsibilities going forward haven't been discussed yet.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...ral-manager/articleshow/77045793.cms?from=mdr