{"id":777036110,"date":"2025-12-16T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777036110"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:56:52","slug":"skycity-entertainments-chief-risk-officer-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-entertainments-chief-risk-officer-to-resign","title":{"rendered":"Carolyn Kidd resigns as SkyCity Entertainment&#8217;s chief risk officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kidd will leave the company at the end of January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Zealand.- SkyCity Entertainment Group&#8217;s chief risk officer <strong>Carolyn Kidd<\/strong> has tendered her resignation and will leave the company on January 31, 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jason Walbridge<\/strong>, SkyCity\u2019s chief executive officer, said: \u201cCarolyn has played an essential role in strengthening SkyCity\u2019s risk capability in New Zealand and South Australia, including uplift across host responsibility, financial crime, and enterprise risk management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSkyCity remains firmly committed to delivering its long-term risk transformation programme and continues to build on the foundations now in place. I am grateful for her leadership and the positive impact she has made during her time with SkyCity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/board-and-leadership-photos_carolyn-kidd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777036111\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carolyn Kidd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/New-Zealand-International-Convention-Centre-Meta-Share-300x200.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-takes-control-of-long-delayed-convention-centre-in-auckland'>SkyCity takes control of long-delayed convention centre in Auckland<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kidd will leave the company at the end of January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Carolyn Kidd, SkyCity Entertainment Group's Chief Risk Officer, has tendered her resignation, effective January 31, 2026. Her tenure was marked by significant contributions to strengthening risk capabilities, including host responsibility, financial crime, and enterprise risk management across SkyCity's New Zealand and South Australian operations. The company's CEO affirmed its ongoing commitment to its long-term risk transformation program.","focusai_entities":"SkyCity Entertainment Group, Carolyn Kidd, Jason Walbridge","focusai_location":"New Zealand, South Australia, Auckland","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"CRO Succession Plan?","query":"What is the timeline and strategy for appointing a successor to the Chief Risk Officer role, and how will this impact the ongoing risk transformation program at SkyCity?"},{"label":"Regulatory Engagement Impact?","query":"How will this leadership transition affect SkyCity's engagement with regulatory bodies in New Zealand and South Australia, particularly concerning host responsibility and financial crime compliance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[24826,338,25057],"class_list":["post-777036110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-business","tag-new-zealand","tag-skycity-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036110","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777036110"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777036126,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777036110\/revisions\/777036126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777036110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777036110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777036110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}