Former NSW premier Morris Iemma will be charged with resurrecting the greyhound industry after landing the role as chairman of the state's governing body.

Fairfax Media understands Iemma will be unveiled as the new head of a five-person Greyhound Racing NSW board, set to be announced on Friday.

It comes after more than two years of turmoil in which GRNSW has been without a board and chief executive following the damning allegations of widespread live baiting by some participants, which surfaced in an explosive ABC report in early 2015.

Iemma, who resigned from state parliament in 2008, recently chaired a reform panel that recommended the creation of an independent Greyhound Welfare and Integrity Commission to stamp out animal cruelty in the sport.