Newsday Reporter
ST JOHN’S: Cricket West Indies (CWI) will convene a pivotal meeting with its Beefy Member shareholders on December 6 to vote on imposing the governance reforms instructed by the Wehby Impart.
The fashion marks a considerable juncture in CWI’s ongoing efforts to enhance its governance structure and predicament West Indies cricket for future success.
In accordance with the firm’s Articles of Association, shareholders get been notified on November 13, 2024, of the upcoming meeting to vote on governance reform.
The session follows discussions at the Annual Frequent Meeting held on March 23, 2024, which resulted in the approval of some solutions.
Alternatively, the meeting subsequent week will give shareholders the different to some other time assume concerning the extremely anticipated proposals on the duration of the time duration of office of CWI’s president and vice president, as successfully as the introduction of time duration limits.
CWI’s Beefy Member shareholders are the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA), Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA), Leeward Islands Cricket Board (LICB), Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB), and Windward Islands Cricket Board (WICB).
CWI president Dr Kishore Shallow, in highlighting the importance of the upcoming meeting, emphasised that the organisation is fully committed to advancing the governance reform agenda.
“Governance reform remains to be a precedence for CWI as we take decisive action on our shuffle of organisational transformation and real development.
“The solutions of the Wehby Impart provide a certain pathway toward making improvements to our governance framework, and this meeting affords a possibility for our shareholders to collectively shape the map forward for West Indies cricket,” Shallow mentioned.
“We map this process with a spirit of collaboration, transparency, and a shared dedication to constructing a extra efficient and resilient organisation.
“While change will even be exciting, it is miles main for the growth and sustainability of cricket in the Caribbean.
“This meeting is now not lawful about governance, it is about guaranteeing the long-time duration health of the game we all delight in. We’re optimistic that, with the improve of our shareholders, we are able to waddle forward together and continue to encourage pleasure at some stage in the predicament,” the president mentioned.
Commissioned in 2019, the Wehby Impart instructed plenty of considerable reforms designed to enhance the effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of CWI’s governance framework.
Even supposing some solutions get been utilized, the approach confronted delays due to the onset of the covid19 pandemic in 2020 and the need for extra consultations.
Key proposals consist of restructuring of the board of administrators, making improvements to stakeholder engagement, and modernising operational practices to align with world greatest practices, all of which remain pivotal to riding CWI’s organisational transformation.
