{"id":777040617,"date":"2026-04-16T09:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777040617"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:28:38","slug":"the-star-entertainment-names-grant-bowie-as-non-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-entertainment-names-grant-bowie-as-non-executive-director","title":{"rendered":"The Star Entertainment names Grant Bowie as non-executive director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bowie has worked with Wynn Resorts and later MGM Resorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- <strong>The<\/strong> <strong>Star Entertainment Group Limited <\/strong>has announced the appointment of <strong>Grant Bowie<\/strong> as a non-executive director. He will join the board as an observer before taking up the non-executive director role subject to regulatory and ministerial approvals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bowie has held public accounting and consulting roles across New Zealand, the United States and Australia. He spent 16 years with Hilton Hotels Corporation in Australia, where he held several executive positions, including oversight of the group\u2019s gaming and hospitality operations on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane. In 2003, Bowie relocated to Macau, where he worked with Wynn Resorts and later MGM Resorts in senior leadership roles covering strategic development, expansion and operational management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s the second board addition this month following the <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-entertainment-appoints-new-non-executive-director\">addition of Brooke Lindsay<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/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\/2026\/03\/ed45482f-35a9-44d7-a496-900ce46b37a0-300x200.jpg\" 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\/the-star-appoints-new-group-cfo-amid-leadership-overhaul'>The Star appoints new group CFO<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bowie has worked with Wynn Resorts and later MGM Resorts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"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 announced the appointment of Grant Bowie as a non-executive director, pending regulatory and ministerial approvals. Bowie brings extensive experience from senior leadership roles at Wynn Resorts and MGM Resorts in Macau, as well as Hilton Hotels in Australia, covering strategic development and operational management within the gaming and hospitality sectors. This marks the second board addition this month for the Australian integrated resort operator.","focusai_entities":"Grant Bowie, The Star Entertainment Group Limited, Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Brooke Lindsay","focusai_location":"Australia, New Zealand, United States, Macau, Gold Coast, Brisbane","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Approval Timeline","query":"What is the anticipated timeline for securing the necessary regulatory and ministerial approvals for Grant Bowie's non-executive director appointment, and what specific suitability criteria will be assessed?"},{"label":"Strategic Impact Analysis","query":"How will Grant Bowie's extensive experience in Macau's integrated resort market and Australian gaming operations influence The Star's strategic development, particularly concerning its current operational challenges and future growth initiatives?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[29,24619,1897],"class_list":["post-777040617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-casino","tag-finance","tag-igaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040617","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777040617"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040631,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040617\/revisions\/777040631"}],"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=777040617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777040617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777040617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}