{"id":3390,"date":"2020-02-12T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:59:02","slug":"donaco-two-directors-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/donaco-two-directors-gaming","title":{"rendered":"Donaco names new directors amid ongoing management shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leo Chan and Kurkye Wong join Australian gambling operator from investment firm Argyle Street Management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- Gaming operator Donaco International has appointed Leo Chan and Kurkye Wong as executive directors as it continues to shake up its senior management team and board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chan was executive director of Argyle Street Management, an institutional investment firm, and has more than thirteen years\u2019 experience in making and managing investments throughout Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kurkye Wong is vice-president of Argyle Street Management and previously worked at KPMG and FTI Consulting in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They [Chan and Wong] will work on legal, operational and financial matters for the company, including corporate activity and strategic projects, as well as investor relations matters\u201d, Donaco said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donaco has made several changes to its board members <\/strong><\/em><\/a>and senior managers team following its annual general meeting in late November. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leo Chan and Kurkye Wong join Australian gambling operator from investment firm Argyle Street Management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3394,"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 Australian gambling operator, has appointed Leo Chan and Kurkye Wong as executive directors. Both join from investment firm Argyle Street Management and will focus on legal, operational, financial, corporate activity, strategic projects, and investor relations matters, as part of a broader board and senior management restructuring.","focusai_entities":"Donaco International, Leo Chan, Kurkye Wong, Argyle Street Management, KPMG, FTI Consulting","focusai_location":"Australia, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Donaco's Strategic Direction?","query":"Given the new executive directors' investment firm background and mandate for strategic projects, what specific corporate development initiatives or M&A opportunities is Donaco International likely to pursue in the Australian or broader APAC iGaming market?"},{"label":"Impact on Capital Structure?","query":"How might the appointment of executives with deep investment experience, and their focus on financial and investor relations matters, influence Donaco International's capital structure, financing strategies, or shareholder value proposition?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,16336,157],"tags":[289,966],"class_list":["post-3390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-australia","tag-donaco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390","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=3390"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3411,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions\/3411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}