Eric Perez has left Truro City, the club have confirmed, bringing an end to his tenure as chairman and chief executive following the club's relegation from the National League.
The departure was reported by BBC Sport, which confirmed Perez's exit in the wake of a difficult season that ended with the Cornish side dropping out of English football's fifth tier.
Truro are one of the more geographically remote clubs in the National League system, situated at the furthest south-westerly point of the professional and semi-professional pyramid. Sustaining competitive squads at that level has long presented logistical and financial challenges that clubs in more central locations do not face to the same degree. Perez had been a significant figure in the club's ownership structure, occupying both the chairman and chief executive roles simultaneously — a concentration of authority that is not uncommon at this level of the game but which places considerable weight on a single individual when results turn.
The timing of the exit, coming after relegation rather than before it, leaves Truro needing to rebuild both on and off the pitch. Whoever assumes responsibility for the club's direction will inherit the task of plotting a return to the National League while managing the reduced resources that a step down the pyramid typically brings.
No announcement regarding a successor has been made at this stage.