Surrey have confirmed the full coaching line up for the new, professional women’s team at the Club.
Tom Lister, Dan Helesfay and Dieter Klein will make up the coaching team under Head Coach Johann Myburgh.
Lister has been a coach at Surrey since 2015, joining the Surrey women’s county set up in 2018 as an Assistant coach. He was Head Coach from in 2020 when Surrey won the London Cup and the London Championship before joining the South East Stars to work under Myburgh.
Helesfay was also an Assistant Coach at the Surrey Stars in the KSL era, before joining the Western Storm with responsibility for the Academy Team. He joined the South East Stars in 2023 as bowling lead, a role he will continue at Surrey.
Klein joins Surrey from Leicestershire where he has been a coach since retiring as a player in 2021. The former fast-bowler has held roles in women’s and pathway cricket at Leicestershire, he will join Surrey as lead Second XI Coach, also supporting Halesfay with the bowling unit.
Emma Calvert, Director of Women’s Cricket, said “The coaching staff at any team are the bedrock for the side’s success and I’m so confident in the group we have here at Surrey. Tom, Dan and Dieter bring a wealth of experience in coaching and working in the women’s game and, under the leadership of Johann Myburgh, we have an outstanding staff ready to drive the group to develop into the best players they can be.
“Alongside this, we have confirmed a brilliant team across S&C, Physio, Pathway and Operations and Player Support to help drive this new side to success. We are all incredibly excited to get started and to start to drive the women’s game forward across the county and the region.”
A full list of the coaching staff is below.
Full-time
Emma Calvert – Director of Cricket
Johann Myburgh – Head Coach
Dan Helesfay – Assistant Coach (Bowling Lead)
Tom Lister – Assistant Coach (Fielding Lead and Batting)
Dieter Klein – Assistant Coach (2nd XI Head Coach and Bowling Coach)
Mark Stewart – Analyst
Lettie Hadley – Operations Manager
Lauren Punter – Operations Executive
Jennifer Jackson-Tullett – Head of Talent Pathway
Katherine Robson – Pathway Lead
Hilary Harper – Medical Service Lead
Olivia Hutton – Physio
Guy Pitchers – Lead S&C
Marcus Campopiano – S&C
Part-time
Charlie Binns – Nutritionist
Max Wren – Physio
Sonia Bains – Doctor
Oliver Sindall – Clinical Psychologist
Sarah Cecil – Welfare Officer
Katie Stanislas – Women’s Health Coordinator
Paul Bew – Regional Coach and Scout
Louise Byrne – Sports Psychologist
