Kent Cricket chief executive Simon Storey will step down at the end of the current season.
Storey has been in the role for more than six years but will continue in a part-time strategic advisory and external development role with the club while also supporting the board to find his successor.
“It has been an amazing privilege to serve as chief executive,” said Storey.
“I am incredibly grateful to the Kent Cricket family and the wider game – executive staff and board colleagues, commercial and local authority partners, members, supporters, volunteers and our Kent Cricket Community Trust and ECB partners – for all their support and for trusting in my leadership during this period of the club’s exciting journey.
“I have been inspired by the sense of purpose that the role instils, and the desire and passion to see Kent Cricket succeed on and off the field, providing opportunity and aspiration for the next generation.
“After more than 30 years in commercial and sports leadership roles, and with unprecedented new Hundred monies on the horizon, it is critical that Kent Cricket is ready to make the most of new opportunities in the next five years and beyond.
“It is the right time now for me, and my ever-supportive family, to step aside and allow a new CEO to bring fresh perspectives, harness the skills of our board members and lead our talented and committed executive team.
“The new cricket landscape promises real opportunity and I am looking forward to being able to contribute to the future strategic development of cricket in Kent, as well as helping the board, who could not have been more supportive of my decision, in their search for my successor.”
