Annual general meeting season is fast approaching and fund managers are bracing for a few surprises as up-for-election directors consider their futures.
First up, Elizabeth Bryan is tipped for the top seat in the boardroom at Insurance Australia Group in the near-term, taking the chairman's role off former Investec Bank-er and Ernst & Young partner, Brian Schwartz. IAG announced last week that Schwartz would retire, but failed to nominate a new chairman.
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