Ever since Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures successfully derailed AGL’s demerger proposal in May causing half the board (including chairman Peter Botten and chief executive Graeme Hunt) to commit long overdue seppuku, the market has been waiting for the company’s defeated rump to appoint someone – anyone! – to lead them.

This column can reveal that AGL is on the verge of appointing Paula Dwyer as its new chairman.