McPherson’s appointment is effective from March 18, pending regulatory approvals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Australia.-\u00a0SkyCity Entertainment Group<\/strong>\u00a0has announced the appointment of\u00a0Andrew McPherson<\/strong>\u00a0to the role of chief information officer, effective March 18. He has been interim chief information officer since November 2023.\u00a0McPherson has served as chief technology officer at Stuff Limited and head of national design at Spark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SkyCity posted\u00a0revenue of NZ$445.2m (US$276m)<\/a>\u00a0for the first half of the fiscal year, down 3.7 per cent when\u00a0compared to the previous year<\/a>. Net profit after tax (NPAT) was down 8.5 per cent at NZ$66.5m (US$41.23m), while earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) were down 5 per cent at NZ$101m (US$62.62m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" McPherson’s appointment is effective from March 18, pending regulatory approvals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777013862,"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 formalized the appointment of Andrew McPherson as Chief Information Officer, effective March 18, subject to requisite regulatory approvals. This executive transition occurs as the group reports a decline across key H1 FY financial metrics, including revenue, NPAT, and EBITDA.","focusai_entities":"SkyCity Entertainment Group, Andrew McPherson, Stuff Limited, Spark","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), tech_data (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"CIO's Tech Strategy?","query":"How will Mr. McPherson's extensive background in technology leadership at Stuff Limited and Spark inform SkyCity's strategic approach to platform modernization, digital innovation, and operational resilience, particularly in the context of recent financial headwinds?"},{"label":"Regulatory Approval Timeline?","query":"Which specific regulatory jurisdictions are involved in the approval process for Mr. McPherson's appointment, and what is the projected timeline for securing all necessary clearances to ensure a seamless transition?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[24411],"class_list":["post-777014042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-skycity-entertainment-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014042","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=777014042"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014069,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014042\/revisions\/777014069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777013862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}