{"id":777016886,"date":"2024-07-02T09:24:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016886"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:34:24","slug":"hamish-macdonald-steps-down-as-the-star-company-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hamish-macdonald-steps-down-as-the-star-company-secretary","title":{"rendered":"Hamish Macdonald steps down as The Star company secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The casino operator has proposed the appointment of Kate Williams as an additional company secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- <strong>The Star Entertainment Group<\/strong> has announced that <strong>Hamish Macdonald<\/strong>\u00a0stepped down as its company secretary on June 30. The casino operator has proposed the appointment of<strong> Kate Williams<\/strong>, deputy company secretary, as an additional company secretary subject to all necessary regulatory approvals being obtained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams has extensive legal, regulatory and governance experience, having previously held positions at Heritage and People\u2019s Choice Limited, Vicinity Centres, BHP Group and Downer Group. Until her appointment is approved, Jennie Yuen will communicate with the ASX under Listing Rule 12.6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company stated: &#8220;The board welcomes Ms Williams and acknowledges the ongoing and valuable contributions from Ms Yuen.&#8221; It also thanked Macdonald for his contribution since being appointed as company secretary in <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-appoints-hamish-macdonald-as-new-company-secretary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">September<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-brisbane-more-opening-details-released\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Star Brisbane: more opening details released<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The casino operator has proposed the appointment of Kate Williams as an additional company secretary.<\/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":"The Star Entertainment Group has announced the departure of company secretary Hamish Macdonald and proposed the appointment of Kate Williams as an additional company secretary, pending necessary regulatory approvals. Williams brings extensive legal, regulatory, and governance experience, with Jennie Yuen handling interim ASX communications under Listing Rule 12.6.","focusai_entities":"The Star Entertainment Group, Hamish Macdonald, Kate Williams, Jennie Yuen, Heritage and People\u2019s Choice Limited, Vicinity Centres, BHP Group, Downer Group, ASX","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Approval Timeline","query":"What is the anticipated timeline for obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals for Kate Williams' appointment, and what specific jurisdictions are involved in this process?"},{"label":"Governance Framework Impact","query":"How will the appointment of an additional company secretary, particularly one with extensive governance experience, enhance The Star Entertainment Group's existing corporate governance frameworks and regulatory compliance posture?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[23871],"class_list":["post-777016886","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\/777016886","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=777016886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016920,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016886\/revisions\/777016920"}],"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=777016886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}