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Tim Lamb

Tim is the Chief Executive of the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR), the independent umbrella body and trade association for the national governing and representative bodies of sport and recreation in the UK. Prior to this, he was the Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for eight years between 1997 and 2004, during which time, under his leadership, the sport of cricket witnessed a period of unprecedented reform and modernisation.

Tim played professional first class cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club between 1974 and 1977, and for Northamptonshire CCC from 1978 to 1983, before moving into sports administration. He was appointed General Manager of Middlesex CCC from 1984 to 1988 and subsequently Cricket Secretary, later Deputy Chief Executive, of the Test and County Cricket Board from 1988 to 1996 before stepping up to the Chief Executive role of the newly merged England and Wales Cricket Board

As its Chief Executive for eight years Tim had overall executive responsibility for the management, administration, commercial exploitation and promotion of the sport from the school playground to the international playing arena. Constantly in the public and media spotlight, the position required a clear strategic thinker with excellent communication skills, energy and political 'savvy', plus the ability and the courage to drive and implement major change. It also required a diplomat with the ability and patience to build trust with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and deal effectively with a diversity of international colleagues and counterparts.

Key achievements included creating - together with the ECB's first Chairman, Lord MacLaurin - and then executing a strategy centered on reform and modernisation, built around improved commercial and financial performance, a more streamlined and fit-for-purpose governance structure, a revitalised and more competitive domestic first class playing programme through initiatives such as Twenty20 Cricket and the introduction of a two-division County Championship, a resurgence of interest and participation in cricket among children (boys and girls), and in particular the over-riding imperative to develop winning England Teams. At the time of his departure from the ECB the England Men's Senior Team had risen to 2nd place out of 10 in the ICC World Test Championship, and less than 12 months later famously regained the Ashes from Australia for the first time in almost 20 years.

Tim has featured regularly on television, radio and in the newspapers, and in his new professional role continues to make effective use of the media to promote the interests of the CCPR and its 270 member organisations, as well as speaking up for sport and recreation as a whole. He is an experienced keynote speaker and a regular choice for conferences and seminars - particularly those related to sport, the wider leisure industry or issues surrounding the Olympics. He can speak on a wide range of topics and will always tailor his material to suit a particular audience. As an after dinner speaker, Tim has a fund of both amusing and thought-provoking anecdotes to draw upon, distilled from over 30 years' involvement at the heart of cricket and the wider world of sport.

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