Bvute is Zimbabwe Cricket's new managing director
Zimbabwe Cricket has appointed Ozias Bvute as their new managing director
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Bvute, who has degree in banking and finance from Pune University in India, has been the acting managing director since Vince Hogg resigned last August for personal reasons. In 2001 he joined the board of directors of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, as it was then, and was placed in charge of the policy relating to the advancement of black players, and later, of marketing.
Peter Chingoka, the ZC chairman explained the thinking behind the appointment: "With a substantive managing director at the helm, we will now all focus on our specific tasks and intensify efforts to make ZC a leading player in the global sports and entertainment industry."
Chingoka was on the four-man panel that made the appointment, along with Justice Ahmed Ebrahim, Stan Staddon, who is the chairman of the human resources committee, and Clive Barnes.
The announcement will not be universally welcomed. Bvute is widely recognised as being one of the senior board members criticised by the ICC hearing into allegations of racism against the ZCU. He has also been identified by opponents as being one of the leading figures behind the increasing politicisation of the board.
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