The Eastern Province Cricket Board have appointed former Bermuda World Cup player Saleem Mukuddem as their interim CEO with immediate effect, they said in a statement on Monday.
"We are certainly very fortunate to have a person of Mukuddem's expertise to come on board and help us to turn things around," said EP Cricket president Donovan May.
"EP Cricket is clearly not in a healthy position and we need to firstly own up to our challenges and then take decisive action to turn things around. With the help of Mukudem and two additional independent directors, we will develop a clear plan to get us back on track."
Mukudem's, who is a chartered accountant, has been appointment to the interim position for two months until the board recruits a permanent CEO.
His key task will be to accurately determine the financial status of the union and to address these issues by developing a turnaround plan.
The 42-year-old qualified in 1999 and then went overseas on specialist training in Bermuda. He returned to South Africa in 2008.
While in Bermuda he played and represented the island as an allrounder at the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup. He was instrumental in assisting the Bermuda Cricket Board in setting up two-day cricket on the island as well as designing and implementing an International Players Incentive Scheme.
In local cricket circles, apart from playing club cricket in Cape Town, he also served as a member of the WPCA Finance committee as well as Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Mukuddem will oversee the operations leading up to the Boxing Day test match as well as the Port Elizabeth ODI against the West Indies.
Mukuddem is quoted as saying, “I start a 2 month acting CEO role for Eastern Province cricket. I will be based at St. Georges cricket ground in Port Elizabeth. I am excited at the opportunity. EP cricket will also be hosting the West Indies Boxing Day Test Match on my watch.”
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