Former chief operating officer for The Star Gold Coast Mark Mackay has been appointed its new CEO pending regulatory approvals.
Mackay brings more than 18 years of integrated resorts and gaming experience. He will begin his new role tomorrow, Tuesday September 10.
Since 2017, Mackay has been chief operating officer at Crown Resorts, but now returns to his former place of work at The Star Gold Coast, then Jupiters Hotel and Casino.
“It gives me great pleasure to welcome Mark to The Star as Chief Executive Officer of The Star Gold Coast,” said chairman of The Star, Anne Ward. “Mark has a deep understanding of what it takes to run a leading integrated resort development and brings a lot of capability to this role. Mark’s appointment and relevant experience further strengthens our leadership team as we focus on implementing the necessary reforms at The Star.
“This appointment completes the new leadership team structure of decentralised management across our three integrated resort developments in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sydney.”
The news comes as The Star Entertainment Group has agreed to sell the leasehold interest in the Treasury Brisbane Casino building to Griffith for AU$67.5m plus GST.
The sale is subject to a number of conditions including relevant government consents and a new lease being granted and registered. The new lease and settlement are currently set to occur on or around September 27, 2024.
