Justin Thomas Caldwell Vaughan (born 30 August 1967 in Hereford

Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...

, England

England

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) played 6 Tests

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 and 18 One Day Internationals and is a doctor of medicine. In April 2007 he was appointed to the position of Chief Executive of New Zealand Cricket

New Zealand Cricket

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 (NZC) and commenced in that position on 5 June 2007, taking over from Martin Snedden

Martin Snedden

Martin Colin Snedden played 25 Tests, between 1981 and 1990, and 93 One Day Internationals, between 1980 and 1990, for New Zealand...

. He announced that he would step down from the position as of November 2011, citing family reasons for the decision.

Vaughan was previously Chief Executive of BrainZ Instruments, an Auckland-based medical technology company listed on the ASX specialising in the development of innovative brain monitoring technology.