{"id":777002870,"date":"2023-03-01T12:58:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T15:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777002870"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:12:13","slug":"skycity-appoints-carolyn-kidd-as-chief-risk-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-appoints-carolyn-kidd-as-chief-risk-officer","title":{"rendered":"SkyCity appoints Carolyn Kidd as chief risk officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Carolyn Kidd will assume the newly-created position at SkyCity from April 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.-&nbsp;<strong>SkyCity&nbsp;<\/strong>has announced that from April 1 <strong>Carolyn Kidd <\/strong>will assume the newly created role of chief risk officer at the company. The move comes as the group faces&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/south-australia-to-launch-independent-review-into-skycity\" target=\"_blank\">alleged breaches of anti-money laundering laws<\/a>&nbsp;at its Adelaide casino property, identified by the Australian financial crimes watchdog (AUSTRAC).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subject to regulatory approval, Kidd will be charged with helping the casino ensure compliance with its regulatory obligations, including anti-money laundering compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to SkyCity, Kidd is &#8220;<strong>an experienced risk executive<\/strong>&nbsp;with an extensive career in the banking and finance industry.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her most recent role was chief risk officer at Westpac New Zealand, from February 2016 to June 2022. She is currently a director of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-adelaide-independent-review-put-on-hold\" target=\"_blank\">SkyCity Adelaide independent review put on hold<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carolyn Kidd will assume the newly-created position at SkyCity from April 1.<\/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 has appointed Carolyn Kidd as its new Chief Risk Officer, effective April 1, a role created amidst the group's ongoing challenges with alleged anti-money laundering breaches at its Adelaide casino, identified by AUSTRAC. Kidd, an experienced risk executive from the banking and finance sector, will be responsible for enhancing the company's regulatory compliance and governance frameworks, particularly concerning AML obligations.","focusai_entities":"Carolyn Kidd, SkyCity, AUSTRAC, Westpac New Zealand, Financial Services Institute of Australasia","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Adelaide, Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"CRO's Immediate Priorities?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and operational controls will Carolyn Kidd prioritize to address the alleged AML breaches and enhance SkyCity's regulatory compliance posture?"},{"label":"Impact on AUSTRAC Review?","query":"How might this strategic CRO appointment influence the ongoing AUSTRAC investigation and potential enforcement actions against SkyCity Adelaide?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[1137],"class_list":["post-777002870","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\/777002870","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=777002870"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002904,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002870\/revisions\/777002904"}],"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=777002870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}