Alex Marshall, pictured left with then Home Secretary and now Prime Minister Theresa May in 2013, is to become the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit general manager in September ©Getty Images

Alex Marshall has been named as the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) new Anti-Corruption Unit general manager.

A statement from the ICC today announced Marshall will be joining the sport’s global governing body in September.

The 55-year-old is the former Chief Constable of the Hampshire Constabulary, a role he held between 2008 and 2013.

He left this job to become the Chief Constable of the College of Policing, based in Coventry.

Marshall started his policing career in 1980 when he joined London’s Metropolitan Police force and he also has a Masters Degree in criminology from Cambridge University.

The ICC set up their Anti-Corruption Unit in 2000 ©ICC
The ICC set up their Anti-Corruption Unit in 2000 ©ICC

“I am a lifelong cricket fan and am very keen to play my part in keeping my favourite sport clean,” Marshall said.

“My police career has taught me the importance of prevention and education, operating to clear standards, making best use of intelligence and prosecuting where appropriate.

“I see these approaches as equally applicable to my new role in the ICC, which I relish taking up in September.

“Until then I, of course, remain fully committed to my role at the College of Policing.”

The Anti-Corruption Unit was set up by the ICC in 2000 and Marshall will become the fourth general manager of it, replacing India’s Yogendra Pal Singh, who has been in the position since 2011.