Our Executive Committee is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of each of the Group’s properties, management decisions, and running of our brands. Together, they deliver broad experience across retail, hospitality, gaming and entertainment sectors.
Executive Chairman
Chief Gaming Officer
Chief People and Performance Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Group Executive External Affairs
Chief Casino Officer (QLD)
Chief Operating Officer - The Star Gold Coast
The Star Entertainment Group Limited
ABN 85 149 629 023
Registered Office
Level 3, 159 William Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Acknowledgement of Country
The Star Entertainment Group respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land where our properties are situated. This includes the Turrbal and Jagera Traditional Owners of the Brisbane region, the Danggan Balun (Five Rivers) people of the Gold Coast, and the Traditional Owners of the land in Pyrmont on which our corporate office is currently based, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We also wish to pay our respects to Elders past and present.
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Executive Chairman
Diploma of Law; Foundation Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors;
Officer of the Order of Australia; French decoration of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur
John O’Neill was formerly Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Australian Rugby Union Limited, Chief Executive Officer of Football Federation Australia, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the State Bank of New South Wales, and Chairman of the Australian Wool Exchange Limited, as well as a Director of Tabcorp Holdings Limited.
Mr O’Neill was also the inaugural Chairman of Events New South Wales, which flowed from the independent reviews he conducted into events strategy, convention and exhibition space, and tourism on behalf of the New South Wales Government, as well as a Director of Rugby World Cup Limited.
Mr O’Neill was previously Chairman of Queensland Airports Limited. He currently chairs the Bate Smart Advisory Board.
Chief Gaming Officer
Christina joined The Star Entertainment Group in 2015 and was appointed to the role of Group Executive Gaming in July 2020. She is responsible for the Group’s casino product strategy, leveraging the data and analytics function to deliver benefits in gaming revenue and labour optimisation.
Prior to commencing this role, Christina held various senior management roles in finance, most recently as Deputy Chief Financial Officer. She has led several transformational change programs delivering group-wide, earnings accretive, strategic initiatives for The Star.
Christina is a chartered accountant with over 20 years’ experience as a finance professional in a range of industries including ASX-listed and large private organisations in addition to being trained within the “Big Four” accounting firms.
Chief People and Performance Officer
Kim Lee commenced at The Star Entertainment Group in 2015 and brings with her more than 18 years’ experience in human resource roles across various sectors. To facilitate The Star Entertainment Group’s expansion across its three properties and significant increase in its workforce, Kim has led the People and Performance team to ensure those plans are matched with highly capable leaders and teams which deliver superior customer service outcomes. Through Kim’s leadership and advocacy, The Star Entertainment Group has become a more diverse and inclusive environment. The Group has set targets across four key area: gender, multicultural, LGBTQI and age and tracks its performance against internal and external benchmarks. Kim personally champions gender issues via her association with, and board directorship on, Women in Gaming and Hospitality Australasia.
Chief Marketing Officer
George Hughes joined The Star Entertainment Group in 2017 and is responsible for its marketing activities.
Prior to that, he worked for David Jones where he was responsible for direct and digital marketing, customer insights, loyalty and customer relationship management.
Since his appointment, George has unified the marketing team and sought to drive brand growth nationally. He has transformed the business unit and brought together specialist, functional expertise and talent both existing within the team as well as that available outside the business and from a variety of sectors.
George has a wealth of executive experience in diverse roles across marketing, customer engagement, finance, M&A and strategy, gained in the retail, entertainment, postal and banking sectors.
George has a First Class Honours degree in Business Studies from Dublin City University, is a chartered accountant, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development.
Group Executive External Affairs
Peter joined The Star Entertainment Group in January 2015.
His current role includes oversight of government, industry and media relations, and internal communications.
Prior to his appointment as Group Executive External Affairs in late 2020, Peter was General Manager Media and Communications.
Peter has a diverse career background, initially in the media and developing extensive experience across both press and radio. He later moved into Marketing, Media and Communication roles with the Australian Rugby Union before his appointment to Accenture as Marketing Director ANZ.
Chief Casino Officer (QLD)
Geoff has more than 20 years of operational casino experience at a senior executive level. He was appointed to his current position on 1 July 2020.
Prior to this, Geoff had group-wide responsibility for operations at The Star Sydney, The Star Gold Coast, the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre and Treasury Brisbane. He was also Managing Director Queensland for The Star Entertainment Group for over 10 years.
Geoff is an active participant in the Queensland business community and in particular, the tourism and entertainment industry. He is a member of the Responsible Gambling Advisory Committee, a director on the National Retail Association and a Board Director of Major Events Gold Coast.
Chief Operating Officer – The Star Gold Coast
Jessica Mellor is The Star Gold Coast’s youngest and first female Chief Operating Officer (COO), appointed to the position in June 2019.
In this role, she is responsible for one of Queensland’s biggest tourist attractions, comprising 5- and 6-star hotels, 14 bars and restaurants, entertainment, events, gaming and resort facilities, and a team of over 2000. This also includes overseeing a masterplan development of five additional towers that when complete, will see The Star Gold Coast offer more tourism accommodation than any other Australian integrated resort.
Jessica began her career with a multinational construction company and has since worked across multiple sectors including infrastructure and property development, funds management, and corporate advisory.
In 2013, she moved into the hospitality and entertainment industry, quickly progressing to become a Board Director of ASX-listed Aquis Entertainment in 2015, and the company’s first female CEO in 2016.
In 2020, Jessica was named an AFR BOSS Young Executive of the Year. She recently completed an Executive MBA from QUT Business School, holds a Bachelor of Sustainable Development (Construction Management) from Bond University and studied Law at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
In addition to Chairing the Gold Coast Regional Advisory Committee with LifeFlight, Jessica is a Director of Lifeline Canberra and a Vice Patron of Surf Lifesaving Queensland.
The Star Entertainment Group announced on 5 April 2016 share sale facilities that provided eligible small shareholders the opportunity to sell their shares without incurring any brokerage or handling costs.
Participation in the separate share sale facilities were open to eligible shareholders whose registered address was in Australia or New Zealand as at 7.00pm (Sydney time) on 29 March 2016 (Record Date) and who were:
On 5 April 2016, eligible shareholders were sent a letter together with a Share Retention Form (for the Small Holding Sale Facility) or a Sale Instruction Form (for the Voluntary Share Sale Facility), and Terms and Conditions for the relevant share sale facility.
Both share sale facilities closed at 5:00pm (Sydney time) on 17 May 2016 (Closing Date).
All participants who had their SGR shares sold under either the Small Holding Sale Facility or the Voluntary Share Sale Facility received the same average price of $5.51 per share, which was calculated by dividing the total proceeds from the sale of all SGR shares sold under the facilities by the total number of SGR shares sold under the facilities.
Payment of the sale proceeds were made to participating shareholders on 27 May 2016 in accordance with their payment instructions as recorded on the share register.
Small Holding Sale Facility
The Small Holding Sale Facility was conducted in accordance with The Star Entertainment Group’s Constitution and the Australian Securities Exchange Listing Rules that enables all listed companies to sell shareholdings valued at less than $500 (Unmarketable Parcel).
Based on a share price of $5.68, being the closing price of The Star Entertainment Group (SGR) shares on the Australian Securities Exchange on the Record Date, an Unmarketable Parcel was any holding of 88 shares or less.
Eligible shareholders who wished to retain their Unmarketable Parcel were required to return a Share Retention Form to the share registry by the Closing Date.
Small Holding Facility Key Dates:
Voluntary Share Sale Facility
The Voluntary Share Sale Facility was conducted in accordance with Class Order CO 08/10 issued by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.
Eligible shareholders who wished to sell their shares under the Voluntary Share Sale Facility were required to return a Sale Instruction Form by the Closing Date.
Voluntary Holding Facility Key Dates:
For full details of the Small Holding Sale Facility and the Voluntary Share Sale Facility, please see the ASX Announcement dated 5 April 2016 in the News section of our website.
The demerger of The Star Entertainment Group (formerly known as Echo Entertainment Group Limited) from Tabcorp Holdings Limited (Tabcorp) was implemented on 15 June 2011 by way of Scheme of Arrangement pursuant to the Tabcorp Scheme Booklet dated 15 April 2011 (Demerger).
As part of the Demerger, Tabcorp sought a ruling from the Australian Taxation Office on the taxation implications for shareholders. On 29 June 2011, the Australian Taxation Office issued Class Ruling CR 2011/66, in accordance with the application made by Tabcorp. A copy of the Class Ruling CR 2011/66 can be viewed here.
A Tax Calculator is provided below to assist shareholders in calculating the Australian capital gains tax cost base allocation for Tabcorp shares and The Star Entertainment Group shares. The Tax Calculator is a general guide only and does not constitute tax advice. Shareholders should seek advice from an appropriate professional adviser on the tax implications of the Demerger based on their own individual circumstances.
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