Big Bash League team the Melbourne Renegades have lost their inaugural chief executive, Geoff Miles.

Miles, who joined the Twenty20 outfit after five years running A-League club Melbourne Victory, has resigned after serving a short-term contract to help establish the franchise.

“Geoff was assigned to the Melbourne Renegades for the challenging inaugural season, and has helped us set the building blocks for a successful future,” Cricket Victoria chief executive Tony Dodemaide said in a statement.

The Renegades said they would announce plans to recruit a replacement in due course.