{"id":16628,"date":"2021-04-06T15:17:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16628"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:35:35","slug":"nigel-morrison-gets-regulatory-approval-to-join-crown-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nigel-morrison-gets-regulatory-approval-to-join-crown-board","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Morrison gets regulatory approval to join Crown board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former Skycity Entertainment CEO Nigel Morrison is the first new appointment since the Bergin Report found Crown unsuitable to hold its licence for its second Sydney casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- Nigel Morrison<\/strong> has received the necessary regulatory approvals to join Crown Resorts’ board <\/strong>as a non-executive director, effective immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morrison previously held roles as CEO of the SkyCity Entertainment Group<\/strong>, chief financial officer at Galaxy Entertainment Group<\/strong> and chief operating officer at Crown Melbourne<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morrison is the first new appointment<\/strong> after the\u00a0departure of five former Crown directors<\/a><\/em> following recommendations in former Supreme Court judge Patricia Bergin\u2019s report<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to local reports, the inclusion of Morrison<\/strong> on the Crown board was a response to accusations that the board lacked real casino operations experience<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philip Crawford, head of the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA)<\/a><\/em>, said in a recent interview: “I would hope to see people with some degree of experience in casinos<\/strong>, plus numerate people with board experience, a good understanding of the Corporations Act.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crown Resorts recently received a non-binding offer by Blackstone Group<\/a><\/em> to acquire all remaining shares in Crown Resorts<\/strong> for AU$11.85 cash per share<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Skycity Entertainment CEO Nigel Morrison is the first new appointment since the Bergin Report found Crown unsuitable to hold its licence for its second Sydney casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Nigel Morrison has received regulatory approval to join Crown Resorts' board as a non-executive director, effective immediately. This appointment is the first since the Bergin Report deemed Crown unsuitable for its Sydney license, specifically addressing the board's perceived lack of casino operations experience. Morrison's background includes CEO roles at SkyCity Entertainment Group and CFO at Galaxy Entertainment Group, alongside a COO position at Crown Melbourne.","focusai_entities":"Nigel Morrison, Crown Resorts, SkyCity Entertainment Group, Galaxy Entertainment Group, Crown Melbourne, Patricia Bergin, Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA), Philip Crawford, Blackstone Group","focusai_location":"Australia, Sydney, Melbourne","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Crown's Suitability?","query":"How does Nigel Morrison's appointment, specifically his operational background, directly influence Crown Resorts' ongoing suitability assessment by the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA)?"},{"label":"Governance & Blackstone Offer?","query":"What is the strategic interplay between Crown Resorts' enhanced board governance, particularly the addition of operational expertise, and the non-binding acquisition offer from Blackstone Group?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16649,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16628\/revisions\/16649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}