Crown Resorts, a land-based casino company, has named numerous new officials, including David Tsai as president and group chief operating officer and Nicole Pelchen as chief technology officer.
 Crown Resorts
 Some of the top executive hires are from within the company, while others are from outside the company.  Crown also said that the changes in leadership will happen over the next three months.

 Tsai, who was most recently the CEO of Crown Perth, is one of the new hires. He will take on a new senior post within Crown.  As president and group COO, Tsai will be in charge of making sure that Crown's operations are successful and efficient. He will report to group CEO Ciarán Carruthers.

 Brian Pereira, who is now the chief financial officer of Crown Perth, will be the interim CEO while Crown looks for a permanent replacement.

 Crown seeks outside of its own business for a new CTO and head of government relations.
 Pelchen will be the next CTO starting on August 12.  Pelchen is an accomplished executive who has worked in a number of fields throughout the course of his more than 25-year career.  She was the CTO of MUFG Pension & Market Services most recently. She has also worked at IBM and ANZ Bank.

 Gemma Allman has also joined Crown as the chief government relations officer.  She will start in October after working at ExxonMobil for 16 years, most recently as the manager of public and government affairs. 

 Louise Tebbutt has been named chief people and culture officer, which is another new position on the Crown leadership team.  Tebbutt comes to us from Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, where he was the chief people officer for over six years.  She has also worked in a number of different jobs at the Australian department store chain Myer.

 Stanford Le is the last new hire, and he will be the CEO of Crown Sydney.  He takes over for Mark McWhinnie, who said he was going to retire not long ago.  Le has been in the casino business for about 20 years, working with Caesars Entertainment, Wynn Resorts, and Sands China.  He is the president and CEO of Snoqualmie Casino right now.

 McWhinnie will stay with the company until Le joins in October. 

 Time for change for Crown
 Group CEO Carruthers greeted each new member of the Crown leadership team and talked about the new hires.  He said the adjustments will help the operator amid what he called a crucial time of change.

 Carruthers said, "I am happy to announce David Tsai's new role and welcome four new veterans from different industries to Crown Resorts. They bring with them global perspectives and experiences."

 "Stanford Le, Gemma Allman, Louise Tebbutt, and Nicole Pelchen will be great additions to the team at a time when the business is going through a lot of changes."  

 Carruthers also praised McWhinnie for being in charge of Crown's reform and remediation program in Sydney for the previous three years.  He said that this led to the New South Wales Independent Casino Commission deciding that Crown was fit to run in the state.

 "Mark's leadership has been key to the growth of our business."  He went on to say, "We look forward to continuing that focus under Stanford as the new Crown Sydney CEO." 

 The new hires come after last month's announcement that John Borghetti, the former head of Virgin Australia, will be the next chairman.  Next month, Borghetti will take up the job.

 Crown gets over the scares about licenses in New South Wales and Victoria.
 As Carruthers indicated, Crown has effectively reorganised its company to keep licenses in two important states after a 2021 evaluation of the operator's conduct that was quite negative.

 In April, it was confirmed that Crown may keep its casino licence for its site in Sydney.  In February 2021, the Bergin report said that Barangaroo in Sydney was "unsuitable" for a casino, therefore the state spent three years fixing it up.

 Crown was also notified a few weeks ago that it might preserve its casino licence in Victoria.  In March, the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) said that Crown may get a licence for its Melbourne site.

 Crown made a lot of adjustments at the casino after the Royal Commission into casino licenses, just like in New South Wales.