Gillon McLachlan announced his departure from the top job almost 12 months ago. Despite an extensive interview process, his successor is yet to be named.
Pressure is building on the AFL to name a successor to Gillon McLachlan, with club presidents and executives hoping the game will end a more than 12-month saga about who will replace the outgoing chief executive.
The rolling delays and blown deadlines to putting in place a successor to Mr McLachlan has become one of the mysteries of Australian sport, with clubsas to why the game’s commission, led by chairman Richard Goyder, has taken so long to fill the AFL’s most important job. Executive search firm Spencer Stuart was brought in to look for internal and external candidates for the role, according to people familiar the matter.
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