Giles Clarke
Charles Giles Clarke, CBE (born 29 May 1953 in Bristol) is an English businessman and cricket administrator, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Born in Bristol, Clarke was educated at Rugby School. He then went studied at Oriel College, University of Oxford where graduated with an MA in Persian with Arabic; reportedly he paid his way through by way of his exploits at gambling! He then spent a year at the University of Damascus Arabic language school.
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