Cricket Scotland has confirmed the appointment of a new Chair, Wilf Walsh, as well as four new Independent Non-Executive Directors to the Cricket Scotland Limited Board.

Wilf Walsh, appointed as Cricket Scotland Chair, is Chair of the Racecourse Association, which includes five racecourses in Scotland, and a Board member of the British Horseracing Authority. He was previously CEO of Carpetright plc before becoming Chair of the parent group business, Nestware Holdings.

Prior to this, Wilf was Chair of Fortuna Entertainment Group, as well as being with the Gala Coral Group for fifteen years as both Managing Director and Non-Executive Director. He is a graduate in Law from The University of Leeds.

Shaista Aziz, appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director, is a journalist, writer, an Anti-Racism and Violence against Women and Girls Activist and campaigner, who is currently serving as an Independent Councillor with Oxford City Council. Her journalistic career has seen her work as a presenter, writer and producer for the BBC, The Guardian, and the New York Times amongst others.

Shaista is currently a Director of Three Hijabis, a campaign group working with stakeholders including the Premier League, the Football Association, the England and Wales Cricket Board, Marylebone Cricket Club, and government to tackle racism in football and sport, whilst making sport inclusive for all.

Tricia Bey, appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director, with a specialist focus on Finance and Audit, is currently Deputy Chair of Court at the University of Dundee, Chair of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Ltd, and a Trustee and Treasurer of the Textile Conservation Foundation.

Her business background includes 14 years with Deloitte Consulting, building and leading different practice areas, including two years as Managing Partner of the Dutch consultancy practice. Tricia has been Managing Director of a London-based management development school, and subsequently set up her own Ayrshire-based award-winning cheese-making business.

Jamie Cox, appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director, with a specialist focus on Performance, is currently Director of Cricket & Operations at MCC, based at Lord’s.

During his professional cricket career, Jamie enjoyed an 18-year career in Australia (captaining Tasmania) and in England (with Somerset, where he was captain), scoring more than 18,500 first-class runs, and nearly 6,000 in List A matches. He later moved into sports administration and has subsequently held senior roles across several organisations, including the Australian Institute of Sport, Cricket Australia (as a national selector), the South Australia Cricket Association, St Kilda Football Club and Cricket Tasmania.

Harry Singh, appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director, is currently Chief Digital Officer at BT Group. He was previously Chief Product Officer with global energy research & consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie, as well as group sponsor for Diversity & Inclusion.