The South Australian RSL has taken another small step in its long road to recovery by appointing a chief executive. Corey Starkey has signed an 18-month contract to manage the state branch until well beyond the next board election in July. Mr Starkey, 41, has been appointed after — in an interim role — steering the branch through financial strife and damaging internal division. Uncertainty surrounding who would run the state RSL has swirled since former chief executive Julia Langrehr resigned in January.