Haroon Lorgat

Haroon Lorgat (; born 26 May 1960) is a South African businessman and chartered accountant. He has served as 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. He has been married to Farah Ebrahim since 10 February 1985 and they have two children, Mohamed Zaheer and Naseera. Career Following a long career in the audit, accountancy, and tax profession, Haroon Lorgat went on to serve as a distinguished cricket administrator. He has returned to the corporate world and presently serves 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. He played 76 first class matches between 1974/75 and 1990/91. He was an allrounder and topped the batting averages in the 1985/86 season.