He is currently Vice President – Marketing and Business Development with ICC
- Prabhakaran Thanraj has been appointed to lead the Communications function at the International Cricket Council (ICC) while retaining his role as Vice President – Marketing and Business Development.
- He has been with the ICC since January 2025, previously serving as Vice President – Commercial and Operations and later as Vice President – Marketing and Business Development.
- Thanraj has extensive experience in sports management, having worked with the Asian Cricket Council and the Board of Control for Cricket in India, as well as in sponsorship and event management roles at IMG.
- His background includes managing sponsorship initiatives for major cricket events, including the Indian Premier League and the Champions League Twenty20.
Prabhakaran Thanraj has taken on leadership of the Communications function at the International Cricket Council (ICC), alongside his existing responsibilities as Vice President – Marketing and Business Development.
Thanraj will continue to oversee Marketing, Licensing and Merchandising, Ticketing, Hospitality and Experiences, expanding his remit to include communications.
He has been with the ICC since January 2025, initially serving as Vice President – Commercial and Operations. In October 2026, he took on the role of Vice President – Marketing and Business Development.
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Before joining the ICC, Thanraj spent over three years at the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), where he held the positions of General Manager – Events and Commercial from September 2024 to January 2025, and Head of Events and Commercial from January 2022 to September 2024.
Earlier, he served as Head of Sponsorship and Marketing at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from September 2016 to December 2021.
Thanraj also brings extensive experience in sports sponsorship and event management from his tenure at IMG, where he worked on sponsorship initiatives for the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Champions League Twenty20.
His responsibilities included serving as IPL Sponsorship Manager from January 2012 to September 2015 and managing sponsorship for the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Champions League Twenty20.
He was also associated with the Aircel Chennai Open as Signage and Creative Head from October 2009 to October 2014.
Before moving into sports management, Thanraj worked as Creative Lead at Cognizant Technology Solutions from June 2011 to January 2013.
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