da bwin： The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that the EnglandManagement Advisory Committee (EMAC) is to be disbanded following a structural review
ECB Media Release16-Nov-2001The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that the EnglandManagement Advisory Committee (EMAC) is to be disbanded following a structural review.Following a meeting at Lord’s, the ECB’s Management Board voted to replace EMAC with a new seven-strong panel to be known as the International Teams Management Group (ITMG).The new group’s remit will include all international teams and the NationalAcademy. It will be chaired by a non-executive who will be elected by the First Class Forum and have a seat on the Management Board.Executive members of the ITMG will include the ECB Chief Executive, Tim Lamb, Director of Cricket Operations, John Carr, Performance Director, Hugh Morris, Finance Director, Brian Havill plus the England Head Coach, Duncan Fletcher, and the Chairman of Selectors, David Graveney.Tim Lamb and David Graveney both currently serve on the England ManagementAdvisory Committee, which is chaired by Brian Bolus, together with four other non-executive members.The decision to disband EMAC is one of the principal recommendations made bythe ECB Structure Working Party which has on-going responsibility for reviewing the Board’s constitutional and governance process.Announcing the decision, Tim Lamb said: “This move, following the earlierdisbanding of the International Affairs and the Development of Excellencesub-committees, will help to further streamline our administrative anddecision-making procedures, and this has been clearly recognized by theManagement Board.”