{"id":33483,"date":"2022-09-14T03:45:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T06:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=33483"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:55:34","slug":"skycity-appoints-steve-salmon-to-senior-leadership-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-appoints-steve-salmon-to-senior-leadership-team","title":{"rendered":"SkyCity appoints Steve Salmon to senior leadership team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Steve Salmon has been appointed to SkyCity&#8217;s senior leadership team amid the company&#8217;s ongoing review of its executive structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.- SkyCity has announced that\u00a0<strong>Steve Salmon<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed to its senior leadership team, effective from September 12, amid the operator&#8217;s review of its executive structure. Salmon joined SkyCity in February 2012 as online director and is currently managing director at SkyCity Malta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salmon is responsible for SkyCity&#8217;s online gaming strategy, including overseeing the operations of the SkyCity Online Casino. According to the company, Salmon was &#8220;instrumental in the development and launch of the SkyCity Online Casino in 2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-posts-revenue-of-us395m-for-fy22\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SkyCity<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>has recently shared its financial results for the fiscal year 2022 with performance impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The company posted a decline in revenue of 33 per cent year-on-year from NZ$952.0m to NZ$639m (US$395m) and a NZ$33.6m (US$20.9m) loss for the year ended June 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) was NZ$96.9m, down 69 per cent&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-profits-up-36-3-for-fy21\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from the prior-year period<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the company,&nbsp;<strong>SkyCity Online Casino benefited from the closure of land-based casinos<\/strong>&nbsp;during the period and had a resilient performance following the reopening of land-based casinos in December 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Salmon has been appointed to SkyCity&#8217;s senior leadership team amid the company&#8217;s ongoing review of its executive structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Steve Salmon has been appointed to SkyCity's senior leadership team, effective September 12, amidst an executive structure review. 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