# Malcolm Speed

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{{Short description|Australian businessman, cricket executive (born 1948)}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2009}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox office holder
| order                     = 
| office                    = Chief Executive Officer <br /> [International Cricket Council](/source/International_Cricket_Council)
|president =                   
| term_start                = 2001
| term_end                  = 2008
| predecessor               = [David Richards (cricket administrator)](/source/David_Richards_(cricket_administrator))
| successor                 = [Haroon Lorgat](/source/Haroon_Lorgat)
| name         = Malcolm Speed
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS-cats|size=100%|AO}}
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1948|9|14}}
| birth_place  = [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), Victoria, Australia
| known_for    = Former [CEO](/source/CEO) of the [International Cricket Council](/source/International_Cricket_Council)
| occupation   = {{Hlist | Businessman | cricket executive}}
}}
'''Malcolm Walter Speed''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 14 September 1948) is an Australian businessman and the former [CEO](/source/Chief_executive_officer) of the [International Cricket Council](/source/International_Cricket_Council).

Before he entered the world of cricket, he was a barrister in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne). He was originally the chief executive officer of the [Australian Cricket Board](/source/Cricket_Australia) from 1997 until in 2001, he took up the job of the CEO of the International Cricket Council. In this role, he has worked with four presidents of the ICC: [Malcolm Gray](/source/Malcolm_Gray), [Ehsan Mani](/source/Ehsan_Mani), [Percy Sonn](/source/Percy_Sonn) and [Ray Mali](/source/Ray_Mali). He was succeeded as ICC CEO on 4 April 2008 by [Haroon Lorgat](/source/Haroon_Lorgat).<ref>[http://www.cricketworld.com/internationalcricketnews/icc/article/?aid=15232 Haroon Lorgat Named As Next ICC CEO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615135940/http://www.cricketworld.com/internationalcricketnews/icc/article/?aid=15232 |date=15 June 2008 }}, Cricket World, 4 April 2008, retrieved 12 April 2009</ref>

Speed was put on paid leave until his contract ran out on 4 July 2008 after rumours had been circulating for the last month that he had had a serious falling-out with Ray Mali, the president, following the ICC executive's decision not to take any major action against Zimbabwe following an independent forensic audit carried out by [KPMG](/source/KPMG).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/347568.html|title=ICC in turmoil as Speed ousted|access-date=25 April 2008|archive-date=28 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080428214606/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/347568.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Speed was formerly in charge of the [Australian National Basketball League](/source/Australian_National_Basketball_League), overseeing the 1996 removal of three teams from the league,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?1996%20NBL%20Season |title=1996 NBL Season |access-date=24 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519045231/http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?1996%20NBL%20Season |archive-date=19 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is a member of the NBL Hall of Fame. He was also a board member of the Australian Sports Commission.

Speed is currently a board member of [Golf Australia](/source/Golf_Australia) and the [Richmond Football Club](/source/Richmond_Football_Club).

Speed was inducted into the [Sport Australia Hall of Fame](/source/Sport_Australia_Hall_of_Fame) in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/malcolm-speed/|title=Malcolm Speed|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|accessdate=25 September 2020}}</ref>

== In popular media ==

* In 2023, Speed was played by [Andrew Blackman](/source/Andrew_Blackman) in the [''Warnie''](/source/Warnie_(miniseries)) mini series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2023-05-31 |title=Cast, synopsis for Warnie miniseries. {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/05/cast-synopsis-for-warnie-miniseries.html |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=tvtonight.com.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150505123746/http://www.golf.org.au/default.aspx?s=about List of current Golf Australia board members]

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Category:1948 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian cricket administrators
Category:Australian chief executives
Category:Australian barristers
Category:Officers of the Order of Australia
Category:Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees

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