{{short description|South African cricketer (born 1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = Haroon Lorgat 2012.jpg | caption = Lorgat in 2012 | order = | office = Chief Executive Officer <br /> International Cricket Council | president = | term_start = 4 April 2008 | term_end = 28 June 2012 | predecessor = Malcolm Speed | successor = Dave Richardson | name = Haroon Lorgat | birth_date = 26 May 1960 | birth_place = Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa | known_for = Former CEO of the<br />International Cricket Council and Cricket South Africa | occupation = cricket administrator, businessman and chartered accountant }}
'''Haroon Lorgat''' ({{langx|gu|હારૂન લોરગાટ}}; born 26 May 1960) is a South African businessman and chartered accountant. He has been CEO of the International Cricket Council and Cricket South Africa.
==Personal life and education== Lorgat is of Indian descent, his family originating from a small village called Manekpore, Rethvania in the western state of Gujarat. Lorgat was raised and schooled in Port Elizabeth. He graduated from Rhodes University with a B.Com. In 1985 he completed training with a Big 4 firm and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. After working at IBM for a year he started his own professional practice in Johannesburg and Cape Town which, through a series of strategic mergers, finally integrated with Ernst & Young in 2002. Prior to his appointment at the ICC, Lorgat was Chief Executive of private equity investment firm Kapela Investment Holdings (based in Cape Town and Johannesburg) that he founded in December 2006.<ref name="Who's Who">{{cite web | url=http://whoswho.co.za/haroon-lorgat-3145 | title=Haroon Lorgat | work=Who's Who of SA | accessdate=August 1, 2015}}</ref> He has been married to Farah Ebrahim since 10 February 1985 and they have two children, Mohamed Zaheer and Naseera.<ref>http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=3145 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327093622/http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=3145 |date=2008-03-27 }} Haroon Lorgat's profile at Who's Who South Africa</ref>
==Career== Following a long career in the audit, accountancy, and tax profession, Lorgat went on to be a cricket administrator. He has returned to the corporate world and is on a number of company boards as an independent non-executive director.
Lorgat played provincial cricket for Eastern Province and Transvaal in the Howa Bowl.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/where-are-they-now-the-1991-south-african-cricket-board-team-47186741 |title=Where are they now? The 1991 South African Cricket Board team |work=IOL |access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref> He played 76 first class matches <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/251213.html|title=Setting the records straight|date=2006-06-25|work=Cricinfo|access-date=2018-06-08}}</ref> between 1974/75 and 1990/91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/294845.html|title=Haroon Lorgat|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2018-06-08}}</ref> He was an allrounder and topped the batting averages in the 1985/86 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Howa_Bowl_1985-86/Batting_by_Average.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=cricketarchive.com|access-date=2018-06-08}}</ref>
===Cricket administration=== Lorgat was formerly a senior partner at EY before being appointed chief executive of the International Cricket Council in April 2008, succeeding Malcolm Speed.<ref>{{cite news| title =Haroon Lorgat appointed new head of ICC| author=Charlie Caroe|publisher =www.telegraph.co.uk| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/04/04/uclorgat104.xml| date =2008-04-04| accessdate =2008-04-08| location=London}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Haroon Lorgat stepped down in June 2012.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/nov/22/haroon-lorgat-icc-chief-executive| title= Haroon Lorgat to step down as ICC chief executive in 2012| date=22 Nov 2011 | location=London| work=The Guardian| first=David| last=Hopps}}</ref> Lorgat was later roped in to join firstly Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and then the Pakistan Cricket Board as a consultant. He was the architect behind the current day Pakistan Super League (PSL).<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article3682727.ece |title= Lorgat likely to join SLC as consultant | date= 25 July 2012 | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu}}</ref> In July 2013 he was appointed as chief executive of Cricket South Africa (CSA) and has been lauded for restoring the reputation of cricket and for his excellent work in CSA being recognised as the best run sporting federation in South Africa.
In March 2015, reports indicated that Lorgat had interfered in the selection of the South Africa men's national cricket team that appeared in the semi-final of the 2015 ODI World Cup to ensure that racial quotas were met.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moonda |first=Firdose |date=2015-03-29 |title=CSA denies Philander semi-final selection down to quotas |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/csa-denies-vernon-philander-semi-final-selection-down-to-quotas-857057 |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=espncricinfo}}</ref> While initially dismissing reports of a quota system or any interference in team selection,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Press Trust of India |date=1 Apr 2015 |title=Haroon Lorgat dismisses reports of quota system in South Africa’ ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 semi-final clash |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/haroon-lorgat-dismisses-reports-of-quota-system-in-south-africa-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015-semi-final-clash-270760/ |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Cricket Country}}</ref> it was subsequently clarified by Cricket South Africa that the coach and selection convenor has consulted Lorgat, who had “impressed upon them the need to properly consider the best XI, bearing in mind the transformation guidelines”.<ref>{{Cite news |last=news24 |date=2015-04-19 |title=CSA: Philander was passed fit to play |url=https://www.news24.com/sport/csa-philander-was-fit-20150418 |access-date=2026-03-12 |work=news24}}</ref>
In 2016, he was recognised for his leadership by being awarded the SA Sports Industries inaugural Business Leadership award.
In September 2017, Lorgat and CSA "mutually agreed to part ways with immediate effect" because of a "breakdown" in their relationship. Before that Lorgat was supposed to continue as CEO until 2019, however, differences with CSA arose in the handling of the inaugural T20 Global League.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moonda|first1=Firdose|title=Haroon Lorgat and Cricket South Africa part ways|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/20844785/haroon-lorgat-cricket-south-africa-part-ways|accessdate=28 September 2017|work=ESPNCricinfo|date=28 September 2017}}</ref>
In October 2020, Lorgat joined T10 Sports Management, one of the promoters of the Abu Dhabi T10 League, as Director for Strategy and Development to spearhead growth and development of the ten-over format cricket worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-13|title=Former ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat joins T10 Sports as Director for Strategy and Development|url=https://www.thesportsnews.in/former-icc-ceo-haroon-lorgat-joins-t10-sports-as-director-for-strategy-and-development/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=The Sports News|language=en-US}}</ref> He has since retired from all executive roles in sports administration and currently assists various cricket organisations on a request basis.
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/137/137895/137895.html}} * {{cricinfo|ref=NewZealand/content/player/294845.html}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lorgat, Haroon}} Category:South African cricket administrators Category:South African people of Indian descent Category:Sportspeople of Indian descent Category:South African people of Gujarati descent Category:South African Muslims Category:South African cricketers Category:Gauteng cricketers Category:Eastern Province cricketers Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Rhodes University alumni