The man who led the exhaustive review into Collingwood at the end of 2017 that saw Nathan Buckley re-appointed as coach and the Magpies emerge from the doldrums to make last year's grand final has officially joined Collingwood's board.

Peter Murphy, who has been filling the casual board vacancy that Paul Leeds' departure caused, was elected to the board on Wednesday night.

Murphy is well respected at the Magpies for his review of the football department, club administration and governance procedures at Collingwood while he was interim CEO at the end of 2017.

The review, requested by long-serving club president Eddie McGuire, led to Buckley being re-appointed as coach, Mark Anderson join the club as CEO from Swimming Australia after Gary Pert stepped down as CEO midway through 2017, and a raft of changes made within the football department.