Incoming AMP CEO Alexis George (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)

It was always going to be a woman who took the reins at corporate basket case AMP. Scandals have a way of clearing the decks, and AMP has had plenty of them. But the decks often seem to be cleared in a particular way: the men head for the exits while the women stay and clean up the mess. 

It’s a scenario that has played out over and over again, including at AMP. It was former chairwoman Catherine Brenner who took the brunt of the fallout from the company’s blistering appearance at the Hayne royal commission, even though the fees-for-no-service