Announcement • Dec 01
The Star Entertainment Group Limited Announces Board and Committee Changes, Effective 28 November 2025 The Star Entertainment Group Limited announced the following changes to the officeholders of The Star that were made during a meeting of the Board held November 28, 2025: Mr. Soo Kim and Mr. George Papanier were appointed to the Board of The Star as nominees of Bally’s Corporation; The Star’s Chairman, Ms. Anne Ward, has resigned as a director of The Star; Non-Executive Director, Ms. Deborah Page AM, has resigned as a director of The Star; Mr. Bruce Mathieson Jnr has been elected Chairman of the Board of The Star; Mr. Peter Hodgson has been appointed as interim Chair of The Star’s Audit Committee; and Ms. Eirene Garnsey has been appointed as an additional Company Secretary of The Star. These changes are now in effect. Announcement • Sep 13
The Star Entertainment Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 25, 2025 The Star Entertainment Group Limited, Annual General Meeting, Nov 25, 2025. Location: at the star gold coast, 1 casino drive, broadbeach island, broadbeach, queensland Australia Announcement • Aug 13
Far East Consortium International Limited (SEHK:35) and Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited entered into binding long-form documentation to acquire an additional 50% stake in Destination Brisbane Consortium Integrated Resort Financing Pty Ltd from The Star Entertainment Group Limited (ASX:SGR) for AUD 278 million. Far East Consortium International Limited (SEHK:35) and Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited entered into binding long-form documentation to acquire an additional 50% stake in Destination Brisbane Consortium Integrated Resort Financing Pty Ltd from The Star Entertainment Group Limited (ASX:SGR) for AUD 278 million on August 12, 2025. A cash consideration of AUD 45 million has been paid by Far East Consortium International Limited and Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited, during March 2025. Far East Consortium International Limited and Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited will pay an earn-out payment of AUD 225 million cash, based on the lower of AUD 225 million or 50% of DBC’s pro forma equity value and deferred payments of AUD 8 million cash. As part of consideration, AUD 278 million is paid towards common equity of Destination Brisbane Consortium Integrated Resort Financing Pty Ltd. The binding long-form documentation supersedes all previous arrangements regarding the transaction, including the heads of agreement with the buyers, which was terminated on August 1, 2025. The key aspects of the Transaction are materially consistent with the Heads of Agreement announced to the ASX on March 7, 2025. The Star Entertainment Group Limited has also received the consent of its subordinated lenders Bally’s Corporation and Investment Holdings Pty Ltd to support the Transaction on the basis of the executed terms.
The transaction is subject to approval by the applicable regulatory authorities, the approval of accommodations requested by the Joint Venture Partners from the Queensland State Government, approvals from lenders to The Star, DBC, and DGCC, amendments to DBC facility documentation, the release of The Star’s parent company guarantees in relation to DBC, and other required third-party consents. The expected completion of the transaction is November 30, 2025 to March 31, 2027, specifically, the transaction will complete in two separate stages. The first stage involves the completion of the exit from DBC, which has a sunset date of November 30, 2025. The completion of the remaining assets included in the Transaction (including DGCC and The Treasury Hotel in Brisbane) is subject to a separate set of conditions precedent, which are currently expected to be satisfied during the second half of calendar year 2026 (2H CY2026).
UBS Securities Australia Ltd acted as financial advisor for The Star Entertainment Group Limited. Allens acted as legal advisor for The Star Entertainment Group Limited. Announcement • Jun 26
The Star Entertainment Group Limited Announces Series of Executive Management and Subsidiary Director Appointments The Star Entertainment Group Limited announced a series of executive management and subsidiary director appointments. Executive appointments - Group Leadership Team: The Star Gold Coast - Interim CEO - Jennifer Cronin: Ms Jennifer Cronin has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for The Star Gold Coast, subject to all regulatory and Ministerial approvals. Ms Cronin will act as interim CEO for a maximum term of 12 months while The Star continues its search for a permanent CEO. Ms Cronin is an experienced executive with an extensive international career in the hospitality industry. Ms Cronin's previous role was as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wharf Hotels, Marco Polo Hotels and Niccolo Hotels in Hong Kong with 17 hotels located across China, Hong Kong SAR, and Philippines. Group Chief Risk Officer Rowena Craze: Ms Rowena Craze has been formally appointed to the Group Chief Risk Officer role after joining The Star in April 2024 as Group Chief Audit Officer, leading Internal Audit and Regulatory Assurance. Ms Craze brings significant expertise in governance and risk and compliance, having previously served as KPMG's National Partner in Charge for Governance, Risk and Compliance. Her career spans internal audit and risk leadership across complex, multinational organizations in financial services, corporates, and mining. Ms Craze holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Business Administration, and is also a Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, a CPA and Graduate of the Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Group Chief Legal Officer - Patrick McGlinchey: Mr. Patrick McGlinchey joined The Star on 20 August 2024 as Interim Group Chief Legal Officer with executive responsibility for all legal and corporate governance matters. Mr. McGlinchey has now been formally appointed to the role. Mr. McGlinchey has 30 years' experience specialising in legal, risk, regulatory and listed company governance matters with significant exposure to global markets, gambling entertainment, mergers and acquisitions and major company transformations and restructuring. Prior to The Star, Mr. McGlinchey was Chief Legal & Risk Officer and Co-Company Secretary at The Lottery Corporation Limited and previously held the same role at Tabcorp Holdings Limited. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Soc Sc) and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Sydney. Mr. McGlinchey is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Chief People Officer - Sarah Derry: Ms Sarah Derry joined The Star on 31 March 2025 as Chief People Officer subject to regulatory approvals. Ms Derry has now received all regulatory approvals and will move into the Chief People Officer role on a full time basis, effective on 1 July 2025. Ms Derry is an experienced business leader, with over 30 years of diverse industry experience including deep exposure to hotels and resorts. Prior to joining The Star, Ms Derry ran her own business and was also employed by Accor for a number of years, including as CEO of Accor Pacific. Group Chief Information Officer - Peter Meliniotis: Mr. Peter Meliniotis joined The Star on 28 January 2025 as Group Technology Transformation Executive and commenced as Group Chief Information Officer effective from 23 June 2025. Mr. Meliniotis brings over two decades of expertise in technology advisory and implementation services, with a background in digital transformation, information management, software engineering and architecture, having worked for a number of consulting firms worldwide. He has a Masters in Business Administration and a Masters in Information Technology, majoring in database management systems. Independent Chair of The Star Sydney - Helen Galloway: As announced at the Company's AGM in November 2024, the Company is continuing its decentralisation to its properties while also embedding its new Governance Framework as agreed with its regulators, the NSW Independent Casino Commission (NICC) and the Queensland Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR). As part of this programme, The Star Sydney has appointed Ms Helen Galloway as the independent Chair of The Star Pty Limited (the licensee of The Star Sydney Casino), subject to all regulatory and Ministerial approvals. Her appointment as Chair of The Star Sydney will be for an initial term of 3 years. Ms Galloway has commenced as an observer on The Star Sydney Board and will take up her role as Chair in due course and upon receipt of regulatory and Ministerial approvals. Ms Galloway has been an independent member of each of the Compliance Committees of The Star Brisbane, The Star Gold Coast and The Star Sydney since 2023. She is an accomplished company director with a decade of experience in governance roles. Ms Galloway currently serves as Chair of Bank of us (B&E Ltd) and a Director of Hockey Australia. The Star Gold Coast - appointment as a director - Jennifer Cronin: Ms Jennifer Cronin has also been appointed as a director of The Star Entertainment Qld Custodian Pty Ltd. (the licensee of The Star Gold Coast Casino), subject to all regulatory and Ministerial approvals. Ms Cronin's appointment as a director of The Star Entertainment Qld Custodian Pty Limited is also facilitated by the Company's continued decentralisation to its properties while also embedding its new Governance Framework as agreed with its regulators, the NICC and the OLGR. Her appointment as a director is for an initial term of 3 years. 
