The Star Entertainment has announced the appointment of Mark Mackay as Chief Executive Officer of The Star Gold Coast, pending all necessary regulatory approvals.
Mr Mackay will commence with The Star on Tuesday, 10 September 2024. He brings over 18 years of experience in integrated resorts and gaming, his most recent role was the Chief Operating Officer for Crown Resorts Melbourne, where he was responsible for managing the operation and strategic direction of Crown Melbourne.
Prior to joining Crown Resorts in 2017, Mr Mackay was Chief Operating Officer of The Star Gold Coast (then Jupiters Hotel and Casino), and is well known to The Star having originally joined Jupiters Casino (then part of TABCORP, now The Star) across various roles between 2006 and 2017.
Commenting on the appointment, Chairman of The Star, Anne Ward, said: “It gives me great pleasure to welcome Mark to The Star as Chief Executive Officer of The Star Gold Coast. 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. I want to take this opportunity to thank Ian Brown, General Manager Gaming at The Star Gold Coast, for his leadership, support and significant contribution leading the Gold Coast team through the past four months.”
The group has also reached agreement to sell the leasehold interest in the Treasury Brisbane Casino buildingi to Griffith University for $67.5m plus GST (net proceeds expected to be $60.7 million (plus GST) after settlement adjustments). The sale is subject to a number of conditions including relevant government consents and a new lease in suitable form being granted and registered. The new lease and settlement are currently targeted to occur on or around 27 September 2024.