The board of the PIAA has reached an 'almost unanimous' decision on the four successful candidates who will be invited to join the board as its new directors.
The board of the PIAA has reached an 'almost unanimous' decision on the four successful candidates who will be invited to join the board as its new directors.
Existing board members met in Sydney yesterday to choose four new colleagues from a list of 20 nominees following a challenging few months for the national association that has seen the resignations of former presidents David Leach and Ross Black, former honorary secretaries Susan Heaney and Steve Edwards, as well as former CEO Jason Allen.
"The process went particularly well and the decision on who will be invited to join the board was almost unanimous, with no real disagreement around the board table," said acting president Kieran May. "Three of the four successful candidates were pretty much at the top of everyone's list and there was some discussion about the fourth.
"We now need to take care of a little bit of paperwork and inform the unsuccessful candidates of the decision, then conduct a formal electronic vote to make sure everything is in order but hopefully we could be making an announcement later today - subject to the successful candidates still being available."
May said the board had also made progress on its search for a new CEO to replace Allen.
"We worked through a number of candidates and had further conversations with the recruiting agent who has spoken to all of the applicants but as yet there has been no official contact with any of the candidates at board level," he said. "There's still a possibility that we may invite one or two people to come out of the woodwork to consider the position."