Star appoints Mellor as Gold Coast CEO

The Star Entertainment Group has appointed Jessica Mellor as Gold Coast CEO.

She has been promoted from chief operating officer as part of an organisational restructure.

The Star is creating property-based operational business units in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sydney. Each business unit will be led by a property-based CEO reporting to the group CEO and managing director, Robbie Cooke.

Mellor said: “There have been some testing times over the past four years, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic and the agility required to keep adapting day to day.

“But the Gold Coast is resilient, it’s innovative and there is an extraordinary future ahead of our city and The Star can be such a significant contributor to that.”

Cooke added that the structural changes will provide “clearer operational accountability” and “greater responsibility and decision-making power at a property level while maintaining appropriate oversight from the group level.”

The Star said it is in the process of appointing CEOs at its Sydney and Brisbane units.