So now after endless years of poor financial management and with...

So now after endless years of poor financial management and with only months of cash left the company wants to add an accountant to the board now.

I have to ask, why now? This isn't a scientist or anybody who is likely to have the contacts in BP to help pull in a the fabled deal. Is this just to pad out the board before the threatened EGM to forcible insert others?

I admit I do find this system frustrating. The board just adds new board members willy nilly without any need for shareholder consent but reelection required a shareholder vote. Why do directors not need to be elected by shareholder in the first place? Its a strange system.