Sussex has appointed Beth Barrett-Wild as the first female chief executive in the county’s history and nominated former England bowler Holly Colvin as one of five new non-executive directors.
Barrett-Wild will join Sussex on 1 January 2027 after 13 years at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), where her roles include director of the women’s professional game, head of the Women’s Hundred competition and tournament director of this year’s Women’s T20 World Cup.
“Her achievements in the game have taken women’s cricket to a whole new level,” Sussex chairman Ed Warner said.
“I am excited at the prospect of working closely with Beth to ensure a bright future for Sussex Cricket.”
Colvin, 37, played for Sussex from 2005 to 2015, winning two Women’s County Championships and captaining England to the 2009 World Cup final.
Now she is set to join the county board along with another former Sussex Women’s player, Alison Bruce.
Entrepreneur and cricket coach Paul Farris, business owner and former Sussex Young Cricketers vice-captain Mark Jeffries and BBC journalist and Sussex member Callum May have also been nominated.
All five will join the board for three-year terms after their positions are ratified at the club’s annual general meeting next March.