About CKC

Guidance and Inspiration

President, Patron & Trustees

Nasser Hussain OBE

President

Lady Victoria Getty

Chief Patron

Kalyan Kumar

Chairman

Kalyan Kumar

Chairman

Kalyan Kumar (KK) co-leads HCLSoftware as the Chief Product Officer. KK Also is the Global CTO & Head – Ecosystems at HCLTech. As Chief Product Officer of HCLSoftware he leads product strategy, Product Specialists/Technical Advisors, Professional Services, Product Management, Engineering and Operations for the business. As the CTO, KK leads technology strategy, building strategic partner ecosystems, startup and exploration incubation, open Innovation/open source and next-gen technology blueprinting and also oversees the HCLTech Cloud offering – #CloudSmart and Cloud Ecosystem Business Units (AWS/Google/Microsoft/IBM-Redhat/SAP) as well as Tech OEM Ecosystem Units. KK Drives the Startup and Industry Forums/Open Source ecosystem Over the past two decades at HCLTech, KK has played various roles across solutions, business development, alliance management, practice and delivery across IT and Digital Services, starting at the Infrastructure Management Services In 2000. He led the entire Digital Foundation Practice for over 5Yrs driving peak growth. KK has deep product management and product engineering leadership, including forming the DRYICE.AI Software Division, which pioneered a new way to deliver outcome-based AIOPS and Service Orchestration and led the world’s first BSM SaaS Platform – MTaaS in 2008. KK is a member of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) CIO Network, the CNBC Technology Executive Council, a Fellow of the British Computer Society and also part of WEF Global Future Council for Quantum Computing. KK was named one of the Top 100 Technology Leaders in the Technology Magazine. He serves on the Board of two startups and a midsize technology company in the Hybrid Data/Analytics domain. KK has co-authored eight books spanning the domains of Service Management, XaaS, CloudNative and Process Re-engineering. Outside of his core Professional Career, KK is deeply committed to creating social impact through sports. He is the Trustee and Chairman of a London-based charity involved in engaging kids of State Schools in the game of cricket to keep them off the streets. He is the Vice Chairman of Tower Hamlets Cricket Club (THCC) and a Patron of Cricket Performance Group – CricFitSport. KK is a life member of the prestigious Marylebone Cricket Club (Lords) and has memberships in over eight other County Cricket Clubs in England.

Haydn Turner

Chairman Emeritus / Trustee

Haydn Turner

Chairman Emeritus / Trustee

Developer of individual carpets and rugs both handmade and axminster.

John Challinor

Chairman Emeritus / Treasurer / Trustee

John Challinor

Chairman Emeritus / Treasurer / Trustee

Retired Independent Education Management Professional

Yemisi Osho MBE

Trustee

Yemisi Osho MBE

Trustee

Yemi is a dedicated campaigner for diabetes prevention, a Queen’s nurse, a former councillor awarded an MBE in 2023, & a trustee of Capital Kids Cricket.

John Barclay

Trustee

John Barclay

Trustee

John Robert Troutbeck Barclay DL (born 22 January 1954) was an English- Hong Kong cricketer, who played internationally once for Hong Kong. John Barclay was born in Bonn, Germany. He was educated at Summer Fields School and Eton.[1] He made his first-class debut for Sussex, while still at school in 1970. He was an opening batsman who never got quite as many runs as he should have, though having an excellent technique and eye. He also bowled off-spin, dismissing Ian Botham and Viv Richards several times. He succeeded Arnold Long as the County Captain of Sussex County Cricket Club in 1981 and led the team to second place in the County Championship (behind Nottinghamshire). The following season he led the county to first place in the John Player League, Sussex only losing one game all season. Previously he had won the Gillette Cup with Sussex in 1978, dismissing Richards, bowling 12 cheap overs, and scoring 44 in the Final. He was rated as one of the best county captains around and he was tipped for the Test captaincy. He was forced to retire in 1986, due to a finger injury. Late on in his career he was involved in a small controversy in the extremely tight finish to 1984 County Championship. According to the recollection of Nottinghamshire captain Clive Rice, in Nottinghamshire’s penultimate match: “We had played Sussex … and their captain, John Barclay, had decided that, because we had beaten them to the Championship in 1981, he was not even going to give us a game. So it ended in a draw. He gave us a pathetic declaration figure.” Nottinghamshire then narrowly lost their final match of the season and were pipped for the Championship by Essex. [4][5] After his playing career ended he served as the Director of Cricket at the Friends of Arundel Castle Cricket Club, in tandem with the Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation (1986–2020). He has been a successful tour manager, as he took the England Under-19’s, the England A’s and also managed the England team for two tours. He won plaudits particularly for his role with a successful England A tour of India and Bangladesh in 1994–5, Simon Hughes writing in February 1995 that Barclay “has demonstrated how valuable it is to have an empathy with the country you are in – he was still smiling even when the engine of the team bus briefly caught fire.” He briefly returned to management recently with the blind team, but he is now working for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Between 1986 and his retirement in 2020, he ran a charity, the Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation for young cricketers and underprivileged children in Arundel, West Sussex. He holds a number of posts, such as president of the Cricket Society and the English Schools Cricket Association. He is a past chairman of the Sussex Cricket Board and chairman of cricket for Sussex County Cricket Club.

Richard Verity

Trustee

Richard Verity

Trustee

Richard Verity a trustee of Capital Kids Cricket.

Phil Ladmore

Trustee

Phil Ladmore

Trustee

Phil is a qualified solicitor with over 25 years’ experience in senior legal and commercial roles, ranging from private practice to public companies and private equity backed ventures. He was Commercial Director of the Aerospace divisions of both TI Group plc and Smiths Group plc, and Commercial and Legal Director at the Terra Firma-backed HBS Business Services Group. At Camper & Nicholsons Marinas, Phil handles all legal and contractural matters and brings his considerable business acumen to bear on commercial questions for our own marinas and those of our clients.

Judy Knappett

Trustee

Judy Knappett

Trustee

Judy set up one of the first two pilots for Chance to Shine linking Hague School and Victoria Park Juniors CC. This then developed into THCC. She was Chance to Shine Headteacher of the year a trustee and is now a vice president. She has has been an active supporter of CTS for 17 years ensuring children not only learn to play cricket but also connect with wider cricket events which promote cricket opportunities including playing cricket on Downing Street and opening the Stock Exchange to promote Chance to Shine

Abdul Hai OBE

Trustee

Shahidul Alam Ratan

CEO

Shahidul Alam Ratan

CEO

After joining CKC in June 2008 as the Development Head Coach, Ratan became the CEO in March 2015. An ECB Level 3 Coach and coach educator, Ratan has huge coaching experience from grassroots to elite level, junior cricket to high performance, as well as mentoring coaches, administration, planning, development and creative ideas to grow the game at both a recreational and elite level. As a chief leader, Ratan conceptualizes and manages all cricket-development programmes for CKC across London. He has been instrumental in establishing and executing strategic partnerships with various cricket organisations including the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), County Cricket Boards (Essex, Middlesex, Surrey), the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Chance to Shine and other sports development organisations. Prior to CKC, Ratan served as the National Coach and High Performance Senior Coach for Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006. As part of the role, he was involved in assisting in the coaching of the Bangladesh Under 19 team (World Cup 2004), assisting the national team training as well as both the Under 25 and Under 17 teams. Ratan is also one of the only Bangladeshis who has worked as National Coach for a different country. He was the National Coach for Malaysia’s Cricket Team from 2006 to 2008. As part of the Malaysia Cricket Coach role, Ratan prepared the Under 19 squad to compete in the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup, 2008. Many of those players are now playing as national team players. Mushfiq Rahim (Bangladesh Captain), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah Riyadh and Nasir Hossain are some of notable names of professional cricketers coached by Ratan. As of today, he has delivered over 50 courses on Cricket Coaching for teams and individuals across Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan, England, Switzerland and Sweden. Ratan is a founding member of Tower Hamlets CC, West Ham & Stratford CC, Spikes Bridge Junior CC and Leyton Wicketz CC. For recognition of his work in England, Ratan received the National Award for Developing Grassroots Cricket at the Asian Cricket Awards 2016. The awards were sponsored by the England & Wales Cricket Board. He is also on the prestigious list of British Bangladesh Who’s Who, 2016 and British Bangladesh Power 100 in 2004. As a player, Ratan was an opening/middle order, right hand, batsman and wicket keeper. He played at the highest-level of domestic cricket in Bangladesh from 1985 to 2000 and represented Bangladesh three times in 1990.

Phil Turner

Adviser

Phil Turner

Adviser

Angel investor, corporate finance advisor.Extensive executive director level multinational corporate experience,FCA, currently involved in 10 start ups, primarily technologies to provide environmental benefits.Highly experienced in fundraising, m&a, restructuring, non executive roles.

George Blizzard

Adviser

George Blizzard

Adviser

George has worked in PR for 20+ years for international brands including Mars, McDonalds and IBM, she joined Bite in London in 2000 working in their international division. Whilst there, she worked for Apple, Samsung, Sun Microsystems, Toshiba and Openwave. George is co-founder of The PR Network, co-chairs the PRCA’s Virtual PR Agencies Group, and has a seat on the UK PR Council. George was included in PRovoke’s EMEA Innovator 25 list in 2020.

Will Ellse

Adviser

Will Ellse

Adviser

A hard working, driven and self-motivated professional with a career that spans across the infrastructure side of IT (platform, cloud, Big Data, AI…) and importantly the business applications (ERP, CRM and BI). A proven track record of building and leading high performing sales teams for the most recognised, global technology brands but have found the last 3 years of building a business of nearly 70 people within a hypergrowth start-up and a culture of overachievement, totally infectious. Helping this great company go from a few $100m to over $2b has been a challenging but incredible learning experience and I am proud to have been part of it. At my core, I like building things , fixing things and having fun along the way. Currently I lead our Global Accounts and Systems Integrators business. This includes the 50 largest accounts outside of North America. One of my fortes is in dealing with particularly large enterprises, complex and high-value engagements – where the implications for customers are at their highest. Often with deals in millions, tens of millions and even hundreds of millions, the stakes are high on both sides. It is high effort – high reward, and in 2019, our team was the most successful in the company and again in the summer of 2020. Outside of work, I provide non-executive Board Leadership to Capital Kids, a charity that works with underprivileged and sick children in London. This is incredibly rewarding work and I love being part of the team. I also like keeping (fairly) fit and following Cricket and Rugby (mainly for the social).

Martin Darlow

Adviser

Martin Darlow

Adviser

Former Chief Executive of Bedfordshire Cricket and then Cricket East (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire), Martin Darlow was elected to the ECB Board in 2016 as the recreational game representative. Martin retired from Bedfordshire Police as a senior detective in January 2012 having served for 32 years investigating major and serious crime. He also served as the policing commander for Luton and then Bedfordshire. He collaborated and then led the joint Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Professional Standards. He is a Chance to Shine Independent Trustee Director, sits on the Lords Taverners Charitable Programmes Committee, and Chairs the ECB Anti-Corruption Committee. Martin also still plays cricket, is the Chair of Southill Park CC, and is a qualified active cricket umpire and coach. Martin has huge passion developing cricket in inner cities.

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