Alec Stewart takes new role in career extension at Surrey post his trophy-laden stint as the CEO of the county.
Alec Stewart will retain his official role at Surrey into the new season after being appointed as the club’s new High-Performance Cricket Advisor from January 2025.
Stewart, 61, wrapped off his 11-year tenure as the club’s director of cricket last week. During that time, he oversaw their third consecutive County Championship victory and their fourth overall, having started in 2013.
He took a leave of absence in January 2023 due to his wife Lynn’s cancer treatment, which led to his resignation from that full-time position for personal reasons.
The team did, however, decide against appointing a straight successor—a decision they had made earlier in the year while discussing a management reorganisation to take up his vacant position.
“You’ve got to understand this club,” Stewart said back in April, when the club’s thoughts first turned to succession planning. “That is a big thing: the expectation, the size of it, the perception of this place. Therefore, if you have been in and around this place… I think it gives you a real headstart, if you understand everything that is expected of Surrey and the Kia Oval.”
Stewart will now be employed by the club for a set number of days each year, working alongside men’s head coach Gareth Batty and club captain Rory Burns to oversee the men’s top game’s sustained success.
“Everyone knows my love of the club and what it means to me and therefore I’m very pleased that the club wanted me to continue in this new role that has been created,” he said.
“With this new set-up, I firmly believe that we can continue the success at Surrey that we’ve seen in recent times. I look forward to continuing my working relationship with Gareth, Rory and the team.”