Anne Ward assumes role as Crown Resorts director
Anne Ward has become Crown Resorts’ newest non-executive director (NED) after receiving all regulatory approvals
Anne Barbara Ward has turn Crown Resorts’ newest non-executive managing director (NED) after receiving all regulatory approvals.
Her appointment was announced on 29 Sep 2021, coinciding with the proclamation of Craig Durham’s fitting as Group Company Secretary and Legal Counsel.
She was named to the company’s room inwards the wake of a mass exodus of Crown directors prompted by the Bergin Report, which found the manipulator unsuitable to sustain its New South Cymru licence.
Jane Halton was the only when managing director to pull round Crown’s leadership cull, and is now united past Ward, whose appointment took gist on 13 January.
Ward has worked in various sectors, including financial services, technology, healthcare, government, teaching and tourism. She is currently the Chair of Aussie Stock Exchange-listed companies Redbubble and MNF Group, and a Council Member at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
When her assignment was announced, Montgomery Ward remarked: “Crown has been an integral part of my hometown Melbourne for many years, and I am excited well-nigh the opportunity to do a share to the get on as Crown shapes its future.”
Crown’s financial statement announcing that Ward’s appointment has taken set up was accompanied by an initial director’s interest notice.
This word came shortly after Crown Resorts received a revised conjure from US buck private equity business firm Blackstone proposing an acquisition of all the Aussie operator’s shares at a terms of AU$13.10 (US$9.55) per share. Given this, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth and her fellow directors testament have a lot to look at inwards the coming days.