Mike Riley will step down as referee's chief next season.
For the past 13 years, Riley has been the head of the Professional Game Match Officials limited.
The use of VAR in the English top flight has been criticized.
Riley is proud of the contribution match officials have made to the professional game.
It's time to plan for the future and allow the new leadership team to build on the strong foundations that we have in place.
They will confirm Riley's replacement in the near future.
Riley was thanked by the chief executive of the league.
Masters said that he has worked hard to deliver and develop high-quality match officials and led on the implementation of VAR into the premier league three seasons ago.
The introduction of VAR in the premier league has caused a divide.
In four game-changing incidents, it was implemented to review clear and obvious errors.
Riley promised VAR would be "dialled back" with officials told not to penalize "trivial things" before the start of last season.
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