{"id":1939,"date":"2020-01-06T10:11:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T10:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:14:36","slug":"donaco-casino-cfo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/donaco-casino-cfo","title":{"rendered":"Donaco changes its CFO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following the resignation of its CEO, the casino operator has revealed another board reshuffle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- Donaco International, the Australia-based casino operator, has announced the appointment of Gordon Lo as its new Chef Financial Officer (CFO) after incumbent Chong Kwong Yang resigned after six years of service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lo is the former CFO of China Ruifeng Renewable Energy Holdings, an investment holding company operating wind farms that generate electricity for the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following his appointment to Donaco, Lo will take his seat on the board that manages two of the operator&#8217;s most important IRs: the Star Vegas casino in Cambodia and the Aristo International casino in northern Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news comes after <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/arbuckle-donaco-casino\">other<\/a><\/strong><\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/arbuckle-donaco-casino\"><em> changes senior management changes at Donaco.<\/em><\/a> <\/strong>A contentious annual general meeting at the beginning of December resulted <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/donaco-casino-australia\"><em><strong>in the resignation of most of its board members<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. CEO Paul Arbuckle is among those on his way out, with his departure expected in early June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the resignation of its CEO, the casino operator has revealed another board reshuffle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":"Donaco International, an Australia-based casino operator, has appointed Gordon Lo as its new Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Chong Kwong Yang. This executive change follows a contentious annual general meeting that led to the resignation of most board members, including CEO Paul Arbuckle, signaling significant corporate governance shifts.","focusai_entities":"Donaco International, Gordon Lo, Chong Kwong Yang, China Ruifeng Renewable Energy Holdings, Paul Arbuckle, Star Vegas casino, Aristo International casino","focusai_location":"Australia, Cambodia, Vietnam","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AGM Contentiousness Details?","query":"What specific governance issues or shareholder disputes led to the 'contentious annual general meeting' and the subsequent mass board resignations at Donaco International?"},{"label":"CFO's Sector Transition Impact?","query":"How will Gordon Lo's prior experience in the renewable energy sector translate to the financial management and capital allocation strategies required for an iGaming and integrated resort operator like Donaco International?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,16336,157],"tags":[289,29,966],"class_list":["post-1939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-australia","tag-casino","tag-donaco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1972,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939\/revisions\/1972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}