Snedden will fill the role vacated by Barclay, who was elected ICC chairman last month.

The 62-year-old is a former cricketer who played in 25 Tests and 93 one-day internationals for New Zealand.

Snedden is also a former chief executive of NZC and served as a Board member of the organisation from 1990 to 1992, from 1999 to 2001 and again from 2013 until present.

He will also become NZC's representative on the ICC Board.

Snedden has held other high-profile roles in sport in New Zealand, serving as chief executive of the 2011 Rugby World Cup and the 2017 World Masters Games.

"I'd like to thank Greg for the outstanding direction and guidance he's given the Board since being elected as chair in 2016," said Snedden.

"It is a measure of the success he has overseen in this role that he has now been elected the ICC chair.

"Equally, I'd like to thank my fellow NZC directors for their support.

"I know that, together with chief executive David White and his excellent management team, we'll help lead the sport out of this global pandemic and embrace a strong and sustainable future.

"I look forward to working with the members of NZC, the Major Associations and Districts Associations, as well as the New Zealand Cricket Players Association and the wider cricket family in New Zealand."

Barclay succeeded Shashank Manohar as ICC chairman after seeing off interim chair Imran Khwaja in a vote held on November 24.