O Neill resigns as The Star Executive Chairman ahead of public hearing appearance
John O’Neill has tendered his resignation as Executive Chairman of The Star Entertainment Group
John O’Neill has tendered his resignation as Executive Chairman of The Star Entertainment Group.
This promulgation comes only if a few days before O’Neill is scheduled to give testimony at a public hearing regarding The Star’s Sydney casino.
Bekier’s resignation was prompted by concerns raised during the review, commissioned past New South Wales’ Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) and led by ecstasy Vanessa Bell SC.
O’Neill’s fitting was on an interim groundwork to deal Bekier’s responsibilities during the look for a lasting replacement, but O’Neill has already elect to stone's throw mastered – as both Executive Chairman and from The Star Board – only when a little o'er I month later.
When O’Neill was decreed Executive Chairman in April, The Star said it had meshed headhunting steadfastly Herbert Spencer Gilbert Stuart to look for for Bekier’s replacement.
“The Star Entertainment Group Limited announces that Mr King John O’Neill AO has tendered his surrender as Executive Chairman and testament also step cut down from the Board with a departure engagement to be agreed,” said the Australian gambling casino operator.
It added: “Mr O’Neill will modulation his Chair and executive director responsibilities in an orderly manner.”
It farther follows on from iii C-level resignations proclaimed on 6 May. Public hearings into The Star’s Sydney gambling casino began in March and, in April, were extended to 31 August.