ICC CEO's Suspension: 10 Questions The Manu Sawhney 'Camp' Is Asking
As the suspended International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Manu Sawhney awaits to know his fate, some people who are supporting him have raised 10 pointed questions on contentious issues-from the cost o
1 - Why did ICC ignore its own procurement rules when hiring PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to conduct a culture review of the ICC?
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2 - What was the role of Ian Watmore, the ECB chairman, in this process and was it an example of good governance to appoint a company without following the ICC tender rules and a company which employed the son of an ICC Board member? Also, why was the ICC Board not consulted nor shown the scope of the review before the appointment was made?
3 - Did some ICC Board members, including female independent director Indra Nooyi, express concern about the cultural review and instruct that the CEO, too, should be closely involved in the review? Why was their request ignored?
4 - Was the scope of the cultural review changed at a later stage and was the ICC Board consulted before the change was made? If true, when, why, and on whose instruction was the review changed?
5 - Have detailed and specific examples of any actions that led to the suspension of the CEO been provided to Sawhney or his legal team? Has the ICC's $200,000 investigation into the matter been concluded? If so, why have the results not been shared with the entire ICC Board?
6 - Is it true that ICC is conducting an internal investigation into leaking of information, including the outcome of an ICC human resource committee meeting, related to the ICC CEO? What is the status of this probe?
7 - Why was the request by an ICC Board member country to change his vote in the Sawhney case overruled? Will the ICC provide examples of other occasions on which this has happened both in terms of agreeing the minutes and refusing a member country permission to change its vote?
8 - Why was the CEO not invited to the HR and Remuneration Committee meeting and on whose instructions?
9 - Why have the full ICC Board not seen the full report produced by PwC, which was the basis of the suspension of the CEO?
10 - Why have the ICC policies on employment, bullying, harassment, sick leave, grievances, and discipline been ignored so far and on whose instructions? What action is being taken against those who have ignored these policies?
