{"id":777010191,"date":"2023-10-17T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010191"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:04:43","slug":"jessica-mellor-appointed-as-the-star-gold-coast-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/jessica-mellor-appointed-as-the-star-gold-coast-ceo","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Mellor appointed as The Star Gold Coast CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mellor has been promoted as part of The Star Gold Coast&#8217;s restructuring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-&nbsp;&nbsp;The Star Entertainment Group&nbsp;has announced the promotion of <strong>Jessica Mellor<\/strong> as CEO for its Gold Coast division, pending regulatory approvals.&nbsp;It said the move is a central component of its<strong> broader restructuring<\/strong>, which will see the merger of property operational business units in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sydney.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operational business units will operate under the leadership of property-based CEOs, each of whom will report directly to the Group CEO and managing director <strong>Robbie Cooke<\/strong>. Jessica Mellor was The Star Gold Coast\u2019s youngest and first female chief operating officer when appointed to the position in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cooke said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted Jess has accepted the CEO position at The Star Gold Coast. Over the past four years, through some incredibly challenging times, Jess and the Gold Coast team have delivered a world-class tourism, entertainment and gaming destination.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added: \u201cThe organisational changes being implemented are designed to simplify our structure and provide clearer operational accountability at each of our Gold Coast, Brisbane and Sydney properties. The new structure will provide greater responsibility and decision-making power at a property level while maintaining appropriate oversight from the Group level.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor said: \u201cWhen I joined The Star in 2019, I was so grateful to be in a position to take on an amazing opportunity whilst also returning to my hometown. This new role takes it to another level. For me, the focus has always been on delivering amazing experiences for our guests and being part of the fabric of the Gold Coast community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere have been some testing times over the past four years, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic and the agility required to keep adapting day to day. But the Gold Coast is resilient, it\u2019s innovative, and there is an extraordinary future ahead of our city and The Star can be such a significant contributor to that.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-announces-capital-structure-initiatives\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Star announces capital structure initiatives<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mellor has been promoted as part of The Star Gold Coast&#8217;s restructuring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Star Entertainment Group has promoted Jessica Mellor to CEO of The Star Gold Coast, pending regulatory approvals, as part of a significant corporate restructuring. This initiative merges property operational units across Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Sydney, empowering property-based CEOs to enhance operational accountability and decision-making. The move aims to streamline the organizational structure and reinforce the company's commitment to its integrated resort destinations under group-level oversight.","focusai_entities":"Jessica Mellor, The Star Entertainment Group, Robbie Cooke, The Star Gold Coast, The Star Brisbane, The Star Sydney","focusai_location":"Australia, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Approval Impact","query":"What specific regulatory hurdles or conditions are anticipated for Jessica Mellor's CEO appointment and the broader operational restructuring, particularly concerning The Star Entertainment Group's ongoing compliance obligations?"},{"label":"Operational Efficiency Gains","query":"How is this decentralized operational model expected to enhance GGR and NGR performance at the property level, and what key performance indicators will be used to measure the success of this restructuring?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157,158],"tags":[23871],"class_list":["post-777010191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","category-slider-home","tag-the-star-entertainment-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010191","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=777010191"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041129,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010191\/revisions\/777041129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}