Football Federation Australia has entered a new dawn, with Chris Nikou appointed chairman of the board - replacing the outgoing Steven Lowy.

Heather Reid, Joseph Carrozzi, Nikou and Remo Nogarotto were all elected to the board earlier in the day, before a lengthy meeting saw the chairman emerge.

They join Kelly Bayer Rosmarin and Crispin Murray, who have both remained from Lowy’s tenure.

New deputy chairperson Reid, Carrozzi and Nikou were automatically elected after the first round of voting at a transparent AGM in Sydney, which members of the media were invited to attend for the first time.

Nogaratto was the fourth candidate elected following a complicated second round of voting.

With one position remaining on the board, the second round of voting provided no result as two candidates did not receive the required number of votes.

The AGM was held in Sydney to elect new board members and a chairperson. Source: AAP

Those candidates were Stephen Conroy and Nogarotto, while the remaining four — Mark Shield, Morry Bailes, Danny Moulis and Linda Norquay — received no votes.

Subsequently, those remaining candidates either withdraw or were eliminated and, before a third round of voting, Conroy opted to withdraw too.

That left Nogarotto to be elected as the fourth new member of the board.

After outgoing chairman Lowy used his final address to issue a warning to the new board, he ended his last AGM on a rueful note.

“I was thinking of writing a letter to the incoming Chairman of FFA, and a couple of weeks ago I read about the hand-written note former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd sent to Barack Obama upon his election as President of the United States in 2008,” Lowy said.

“It wasn’t quite what incoming US Presidents might have expected from another head of government.

“Kevin wrote: ‘Dear Mr President. You poor bastard. Infinite expectations, finite resources’.

“I don’t think I can improve on that message to the incoming Chairman!”

Wow, I'm overwhelmed with the level of support. Sleeves rolled up and ready for hard work ahead. Thank you, thank you.#FFAVotes — Heather Reid AM (@Reidyfour) November 19, 2018

Steven Lowy is presiding over his final AGM as chairman of FFA. Source: Getty Images

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Who are the new board members?

Women’s football pioneer Heather Reid.

Reid is a former CEO of Capital Football and Canberra United W-League and played a key role in the establishment of the Women’s World Cup.

Heather Reid. Source: Supplied

PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Joseph Carrozzi.

Carrozzi is deputy chair of AFL club Greater Western Sydney and was appointed by the NSW government to the board of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Australia.

Lowy-era director Chris Nikou.

Nikou is a former Melbourne Victory board member, former chairman of Football Federation of Victoria and director of Big Bash League outfit Melbourne Renegades.

Former Soccer Australia chairman Remo Nogarotto.

Nogarotto served on the boards at Marconi, Northern Spirit and the Newcastle Jets.

Who were the remaining contenders?

Former Labor senator Stephen Conroy.

Conroy was a minister in the Rudd and Gillard federal governments.

Former referee and national director of referees Mark Shield

Long-time Football Federation SA Board member Morry Bailes

Former Socceroo and player in the NSL and a lawyer with his own practice Danny Moulis

Chief financial officer of Lachlan Murdoch’s private investment company Illyria Linda Norquay

Who voted?

There are 100 votes. Each member federation has 6.11 per cent of the vote, A-League clubs wield 28 per cent and will vote as a block, the PFA has seven per cent and the 10-member women’s council have a per cent each.

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