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Regan leaves Yorkshire for Scottish football role

Stewart Regan, the Yorkshire chief executive, will leave his post with the county to take up the CEO role at the Scottish Football Association (SFA)

Cricinfo staff
28-Jul-2010
Stewart Regan, the Yorkshire chief executive, will leave his post with the county to take up the CEO role at the Scottish Football Association (SFA).
Regan has been with Yorkshire since 2006 and he leaves with the club facing a difficult financial future following the expensive ground redevelopments at Headingley and the poor turnout for the neutral Test between Pakistan and Australia last week.
However, on the field the team have shown positive strides this season and currently sit top of the County Championship and Clydedales Bank 40 competition.
"It has been a great honour and privilege to be chief executive of Yorkshire and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at the club," Regan said. "I will look back with pride at the progress we have made both on and off the field. In so many ways we have a great organisation with passionate supporters and I sincerely hope we can win some silverware this season to top it off.
"Whilst we have experienced a difficult few months from a cashflow perspective we have some fantastic financial backers, not least our own chairman, Colin Graves and the club will survive and grow again."
Colin Graves added that the club won't be seeking an immediate replacement for Regan and will assess their situation next year. "We will be sorry to see Stewart go but the position he has been offered is a huge opportunity for him and we all fully understand his decision to move on," Graves said.
"Much has been said of the club's cashflow problems following last week's neutral Test but that is a temporary blip," Graves added. "We will recover and with the support of our partners continue to build for the future.
"I have told my board colleagues that I intend to take the role of executive chairman for a period of at least six months after Stewart's departure after which we will then decide on the most appropriate structure to manage the club going forward."