Colin Graves

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Colin James Graves Template:Post-nominals (born 22 January 1948)[1] is a British entrepreneur and the chair of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.[2]

Graves founded the Costcutter chain of convenience stores, before becoming chairman of the ECB.

Biography

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Raised on a farm near Thorne, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Graves attended Goole Grammar School.[3]

Graves founded Costcutter in 1986 and was chairman until 2012, when Bibby Line Group bought out the company.[4]

Executive chairman of Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 2012 to 2015,[5] Graves was elected deputy chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board in April 2013,[6] and in 2015 he succeeded Giles Clarke as chairman, to serve until 2020.[7] Graves was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours "for services to cricket".[8]

In 2024, it was announced that Graves would be returning as non-executive chairman of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club.[9]

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