Stephen Vaughan named new CEO at Yorkshire Gough stays on as MD

Yorkshire County Cricket Club have announced the appointment of Stephen Vaughan as their new chief executive, while former Yorkshire and England fast bowler Darren Gough stays as the managing director of cricket on a permanent basis.

Vaughan moves across from rugby union, where he has spent the last couple of years as CEO at struggling Wasps. With the club going into administration last month, Vaughan was one of 167 immediate job losses.

A former professional footballer with Walsall, Vaughan went on to pursue a career in business and also spent seven years with Gloucester Rugby before his time at Wasps. He will officially begin in his role at Yorkshire on November 7.

Gough, meanwhile, has committed his long-term future to the club, after having put his broadcasting career on hold to take the position on an interim basis last year, with the club in crisis following the fallout from Azeem Rafiq’s claims of institutional racism.

The club were relegated from the first division of the LV= Insurance County Championship at the end of Gough’s first campaign, but he has agreed to stay on and continue his work at Headingley.