Rod Bransgrove

Roderick Granville Bransgrove OBE (born 1950) is an English entrepreneur, cricket administrator and the current chairman of Hampshire County Cricket Club. A position he has held since being elected to the post in 2000, a move seen by many as saving Hampshire from insolvency.[1] His daughter, Lucy, is married to the Hampshire cricketer, Chris Wood.[2]

Personal life

Bransgrove's father served in the Royal Air Force, meaning he was brought up in a number of places, including abroad in Singapore and at home in London and Kent.[1]

Business career

Bransgrove moved to Hampshire in 1985, when he was 35, to set up his pharmaceutical business, Imperial Pharmaceuticals Services. In 1995 it was merged into Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc[3][1] with Rod a non-executive Director of Shire 1995 to 1998.[4]

Hampshire cricket

Music career

Bransgrove (as Bestie Rote) features in Southampton-based six-strong soft rock band, Strapped for Cash, which released a Christmas single for four charities including Children in Need, in 2013.[5] In 2014 the band released a debut EP, Kick Me When I'm Down, and played at the Ageas Bowl and in July 2015 supported Eric Clapton at a charity gig in Wormsley.[6]

References

1. Pitcher, Claire (14 April 2010). "Hampshire County Cricket Club Chairman". Hampshire Life. Archant Community Media. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
2. Gibson, Richard (July 2020). "County Diary". The Cricketer. 100: 72–73.
3. "Shire report to United States Securities and Exchange Commission" (PDF). Form 10-K. Shire Pharmaceuticals Group. 24 March 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
4. "Who's Who". The Ageas Bowl. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
5. "Strapped For Cash Release Charity Single". Hampshire Cricket Club. 25 November 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
6. "Rockin' Rod gets Clapton support gig". ESPN Cricinfo. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.