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Has he been CEO since the guy after Hilaire?

In reply to imusic

I wanted to ask too, didn't know about this guy or his role.

Where they find this Johnny? Bajans, come een.

Graves has been in his position over seven years, he formerly used to be the cricket manager for Surrey, he is an Englishman

In reply to dayne

Dayne, like he's yuh paadna or wuh?

In reply to Curtis

Not my partner, but I recently listen to an interview with him on SportMax.

In reply to dayne

Thanks Dayne.

Given the results of the WI team at all levels, the CEO lasting 7 years is a rarity in private enterprise.

In reply to imusic

go to the head of the class
It crazy we failing so badly and he is still in place

In reply to allan

On the one hand, you don’t want too much chopping and changing as an organization.

Continuity to some extent IS an asset.

But they’re also in the performance and results business. Which is why even though continuity to some extent is desirable, it’s rare the CEO is in place for so long given prolonged failing results and performances.

In reply to imusic

He and others of his ilk and should not have been placed in such high
position by a Regional Entity.
But its WICB we dealing with...
No talented and qualified Caribbean citizen available with all cricket means to the Region ?

Says a lot about the people in the Region too.

Come boys ,let us white man show you ?????

I guess he is very well paid too..for what ????

My two cents.

In reply to hubert

Fair (no pun intended) point

That said……if CWI (or whatever they calling themselves these days) desire to be a global entity serving a regional purpose, in a global game AND business, an organization seeks the best available talent.

Regardless where on the planet that talent is from or their ethnicity.


Not the best available talent in the region.

In reply to imusic

2 years or so in and it was covid...would you have fired him at that point or in the middle of covid or right after?

i guess that is a factor?

also what was he employed to do?

if you listened to that interview you'd realise a lot of his work seems to be around finance and survival of the cwi, in the context of a changing cricketing world...

all that to say it's probably not just about results on the field

In reply to doosra

If his ass was black he would be out of there a long time ago.

In reply to Headley

during the pandemic when cricket was hardly being played

i hear you but i wonder if that played a role

i myself was surprised when I heard him say 7 years in the interview and thought about why so long...

who were the previous CEOs and how long they lasted? i don't remember these things

In reply to doosra

Doosie I did not do a proper analysis. I just said 7 years even with 2 years of Covid, is a long time to be well paid for such poor results. Is there something he is doing which a West Indian could not do to achieve comparable or better results?

We don't cut our own any slack so why are we making excuses for an Englishman?

In reply to Headley

to be very clear, i am not making an excuse for him....it just occurred to me that that is the temporal reality and wondered if it was a factor

nothing more, nothing less

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/johnny-grave-named-wicb-chief-executive-1076782

Recent interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C3sI7qjIzM&t=22s

Let's see how things be this summer
I think Dominic Warne, The Commercial Director left cause I'm seeing an ad placed for a commercial director
Maybe de CEO there till the end of the WC and we'll see how it plays out (pun intended)
He really is one the longest-serving person I've seen at West Indies cricket of recent memory.

In reply to positiveg

You are closer to the action that most of us...what would you list as his notable accomplishments in those 7 years