SkyCity has announced Julian Cook will be the new chair-elect of the SkyCity Board from November 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
New Zealand.-\u00a0<\/strong>SkyCity Entertainment Group\u00a0has announced that Julian Cook <\/strong>has been appointed as chair-elect of the SkyCity Board to replace current board chair Rob Campbell when he retires as a director. Cook’s role will be effective from November 22 to allow an orderly transition and handover. Cook will replace Campbell on January 1 when the former will retire to focus on other work commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Campbell stated: “We have made significant progress over the past year to refresh the SkyCity Board and I am delighted that Julian has been selected by the SkyCity Board to lead SkyCity as the new Chair from January 1 2022.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cook previously served as chief executive officer of Summerset Group Holdings Limited from 2014 to March 2021. He was also Summerset’s chief financial officer. He worked as associate director at Macquarie Group for over 12 years and is currently a director of WEL Networks Limited and Winston Property Limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SkyCity<\/a>\u00a0has reported that H1\u00a0earnings have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic<\/strong>\u00a0and multiple lockdowns, especially in Auckland. However, the company noted a\u00a0new record for online gross revenue\u00a0<\/strong>of more than NZ$5m in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first month of the current financial year, online revenue reached NZ$3m, up 30 per cent year-on-year. In August, it saw a record of NZ$4m when SkyCity\u2019s venues in Auckland<\/a> and Hamilton<\/a> were closed due to new Covid-19 restrictions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SkyCity has announced Julian Cook will be the new chair-elect of the SkyCity Board from November 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":24747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"SkyCity Entertainment Group has appointed Julian Cook as chair-elect of its Board, effective November 22, succeeding Rob Campbell on January 1, 2022. Concurrently, SkyCity reported that H1FY22 earnings were significantly impacted by land-based closures due to COVID-19, though its online gross revenue achieved new records, reaching NZ$5m in September.","focusai_entities":"SkyCity Entertainment Group, Julian Cook, Rob Campbell, Summerset Group Holdings Limited, Macquarie Group, WEL Networks Limited, Winston Property Limited","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Auckland, Hamilton","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cook's Strategic Mandate?","query":"What specific strategic initiatives is Julian Cook expected to prioritize to navigate SkyCity's dual land-based and online operational challenges and capitalize on digital growth?"},{"label":"Online Revenue Sustainability?","query":"How does SkyCity plan to sustain and further accelerate its online gross revenue growth trajectory, particularly as land-based operations potentially normalize post-pandemic?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[1137],"class_list":["post-24715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-skycity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24715","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=24715"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24723,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24715\/revisions\/24723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SkyCity H1FY22 performance to be impacted by land-based closures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n