Grave to step down as Cricket West Indies CEO

Cricket Wicket Indies (CWI) recently announced that chief executive officer Johnny Grave will step down from his role at the end of October this year. Grave served as CEO for CWI for the past seven years,  .

President Dr Kishore Shallow said Grave had made a “lasting impact” on cricket in the region.

“Johnny’s efforts, particularly through challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as successfully hosting three World Cups including, the Women’s World T20 in 2018, the Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2022 and recently, the Men’s T20 World Cup, have made a lasting impact on CWI.”

“Appreciably, the organization has taken many positive strides during his tenure. A standout achievement is the acquisition and full ownership of the Coolidge Cricket Ground (CCG), which is now our headquarters and home to our men’s and women’s Academies,” Dr Shallow said.

“On behalf of the Board and all at CWI, I express heartfelt thanks to him for the unwavering commitment and leadership over the past several years.”

Grave was named CEO of CWI in 2017 by former chairman Dave Cameron after the resignation of Michael Muirhead.

“It has been an absolute privilege to have been CEO of CWI since February 2017. Having just hosted a successful T20 World Cup and delivered significant surpluses for CWI for the third consecutive year, I do feel it is the right time for me and my family to seek a new challenge,” Grave said.

“I have received tremendous support from so many people since becoming CEO and I’d like to thank everyone, especially the staff and the players, particularly during the difficult pandemic, for their trust in me and their commitment to West Indies cricket.”

“My family and I have loved living in Antigua and will leave with many special memories having watched our young children grow up here. I have put everything into this role, and now is the right time for someone new with fresh energy to lead the organisation and continue this important work and build on the strong foundations that are now in place,” he added.

CWI said it would be “be initiating a comprehensive recruitment process to select the next CEO” and promised that a thorough and transparent selection process would be undertaken.