Ed Smith is renowned thinker on sport, leadership and decision-making.
He is Co-Founder and Director of the Institute of Sports Humanities. In October 2025, he became President of MCC.
His latest book, Making Decisions is published by the William Collins imprint at HarperCollins. (Financial Times long read here.) He is also a writer for the New Statesman.
Ed played cricket for Kent, Middlesex and England and was Chief Selector for England cricket from 2018 to 2021, a period of unprecedented success for England’s men’s teams.
