He was named as Gray's successor last year and has spent the past 12 months as vice president.

Mani was born and brought up in Pakistan but now lives and works in London as a chartered accountant.

Mani, who is married with children, has represented Pakistan on the ICC executive board since 1989.

Mani has represent Pakistan on the ICC board since 1989

He has served on a number of ICC committees - the chairman's advisory, the rules review as well as the governance and organisation committee.

He has also been chairman of the finance and marketing committee.

Mani played a major role in the sale of the ICC's media rights in 2000 - negotiations which achieved a guaranteed income of $550 million (�329m) until the 2007 World Cup.

On the cricket field, Mani played for Rawalpindi Club from 1959 to 1965 and was a left-arm medium bowler and right-handed batsman.

In Pakistan, he has served on the advisory board of the Task Force for Human Development.

Mani is trustee of an educational trust in Lahore which operates a school for under-privileged girls and also chairman of a re-forestation company in Hazara.

He will be president of the ICC for two years and during this time he has vowed to back expansion plans, especially in North America.

"You can't truly have an international game based on 10 teams, you have to be expansionist and open up new markets," he has been quoted as saying.