Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford

Lord Patel of Bradford was previously chair of the Mental Health Act Commission.

Lord Patel is senior independent director of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), appointed in 2016.

He is senior independent director of Cygnet Healthcare and chair of its UK Advisory Board.

On 5 November 2021 he was appointed as a director and chair of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, after the previous chairman Roger Hutton resigned following the result of investigation into racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

His family relocated to the Horton area of Bradford in the early 1960s, and he was educated at the Belle Vue Boys' Grammar School.