Maroof Khan is Head of Cricket at Dixons Academies Trust, providing strategic leadership and using sport as a catalyst for educational opportunity, inclusion, and social mobility. A former professional cricketer and ECB Level 3 Advanced Coach, he brings over 30 years of experience spanning elite sport, education, and commercial leadership. His cricket journey began in Mumbai and progressed through county and international pathways before developing an extensive coaching career across England, India, the United States, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He has worked across women’s and girls’ cricket, mixed disability pathways, county age groups, and national high performance environments, including roles within England men’s mixed disability and women’s county pathways. Alongside this, Maroof has held executive commercial roles within professional sport and financial services. At Dixons, he is leading the launch of the Dixons Cricket Academy, driven by a belief that opportunity, talent, and belonging should never depend on background alone.