With Boral chairman Kathryn Fagg fighting for her professional life and Seven Group’s nominees on the Boral board, Ryan Stokes and Richard Richards, no certainty to survive the October 27 annual meeting, the construction materials group on Wednesday morning announced its appointment of a new chief financial officer.

In a genuine talent coup, Boral’s new chief executive Zlatko Todorcevski has managed to lure Qantas veteran Tino La Spina to his management team.