{"id":777015088,"date":"2024-04-29T09:38:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T12:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015088"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:44:23","slug":"the-star-appoints-anne-ward-as-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-appoints-anne-ward-as-chairman","title":{"rendered":"The Star appoints Anne Ward as chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ward replaces David Foster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- <strong>The Star Entertainment Group<\/strong> has announced that lead independent director<strong> Anne Ward<\/strong> will replace <strong>David Foster<\/strong> as\u00a0chairman of the\u00a0board, effective immediately. Foster will remain\u00a0as\u00a0a director of relevant subsidiary company boards until they can\u00a0be reconstituted\u00a0by people holding necessary regulatory approvals.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company is undergoing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nicc-announces-second-inquiry-into-the-star-entertainment-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a second inquiry into its suitability to hold a gaming licence in Sydney<\/a>. The inquiry heard that Foster had suggested\u00a0the New Sout Wales casino regulator should be abolished in a text to then Star Entertainment Group CEO Robbie Cooke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/robbie-cooke-steps-down-as-ceo-and-managing-director-of-the-star\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cooke stepped down as group CEO<\/a>\u00a0and managing director in March.\u00a0The search for a permanent Group CEO was commenced\u00a0in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-entertainment-group-posts-net-revenue-of-us271-5m-for-q3\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Star Entertainment Group posts net revenue of US$271.5m for Q3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ward replaces David Foster.<\/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 appointed Anne Ward as its new chairman, replacing David Foster, effective immediately. This leadership transition occurs amidst a second inquiry into the company's suitability to hold a gaming license in Sydney, following revelations of Foster's controversial suggestion to abolish the New South Wales casino regulator. The company is also searching for a permanent Group CEO after Robbie Cooke's departure in March.","focusai_entities":"The Star Entertainment Group, Anne Ward, David Foster, Robbie Cooke, New South Wales casino regulator","focusai_location":"Australia, Sydney, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact?","query":"What are the immediate and long-term implications of Anne Ward's appointment as Chairman, coupled with the ongoing suitability inquiry, for The Star Entertainment Group's regulatory standing and license retention in New South Wales?"},{"label":"Governance Frameworks?","query":"How will the reconstituted board address the governance deficiencies highlighted by the second inquiry, and what precedent does this set for corporate accountability within the broader Australian iGaming market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[23871],"class_list":["post-777015088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-the-star-entertainment-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015088","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=777015088"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015117,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015088\/revisions\/777015117"}],"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=777015088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}