THE Executive Committee of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday elected Deleep Singh, president of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB).

The move sees Singh replace Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) president Hilbert Foster as its new Director to Cricket West Indies (CWI).
Singh who hails from Charity is a popular and respected businessman who previously served as president of the Essequibo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Essequibo Technical Institute and as vice-president of the Guyana Coconut Growers Association.

Singh’s impressive profile includes serving in prominent positions in religious educational and social organisations including the Sanatan Dharm Par Upkaaric Sabha, Shri Sookdeojie Ashram, Charity Development Committee and Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) where earlier as a student he earned a diploma with distinction.

A graduate of the Lousianna State University (USA), Mr. Singh is currently the proprietor of WD’S hotel & Mall at Charity. In addition, he is a large-scale coconut, cattle and rice farmer as well as a licensed gold miner.
On the cricket front Mr Singh played club cricket in Essequibo for a number of years and in fact he founded and was chairman of both the Enterprise Cricket Club in Pomeroon and Pomeroon Cricket Committee.
From 2002 to 2004, he served as vice-president of the Essequibo Cricket Board and now as the incumbent president of that Board, he is automatically an executive of the GCB.

His rise to the position of CWI Director is in keeping with a traditional practice that seeks to alternate director selection. He is the first Essequibian to hold this prestigious position since Mr Beni Sankar some 25 years ago.
An immensely popular personality, Singh gave the assurance that the confidence placed in him would propel him to work diligently and responsibly in the interest of Guyana and West Indies cricket.
He pledged to discharge his duties in a professional manner and to ensure that Guyana is meaningfully represented at the regional level.

The amendment to facilitate the alternating of directors was approved at a Special General Meeting of the Guyana Cricket Board held on March 6, 2022.
This meeting was convened for two specific purposes: proposed Amendments to the Constitution and the submission and ratification of Audited Financial Reports of the County Boards.