Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2020年11月 亞博匯 81 2020 亞博匯50強 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CEO Tabcorp 執行董事兼行政總裁 Tabcorp 20 POWER SCORE 權能指數 : 1,129 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名 : 26 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 Almost 30 years of industry experience in England, South Africa and Australia Heads Australia’s biggest racing and wagering company • • • • 在英格蘭、南非及澳洲擁有近30年的行業經驗 領導著澳洲最大的賽馬及投注公司 ANY HOPES DAVID ATTENBOROUGH HAD of drifting off quietly into the sunset have certainly been dashed on the back of COVID-19. In July, Attenborough – who took on the role of Tabcorp CEO in April 2010 – announced plans to depart the Australian racing and wagering giant in early 2021, citing the culmination of the company’s AU$11 billion (US$7.85 billion) merger with Tatts Group as the catalyst for his decision. “The combination with Tatts is now largely complete and, as such, now is the right time to start the process to appoint the next CEO who can work with the board and management team to take the company forward,” he said at the time. But until then Attenborough has his work cut out for him steadying the ship given the unexpected challenges posed by COVID-19. Tabcorp reported a loss of AU$870 million (US$625 million) for the year ended 30 June 2020 on the back of goodwill impairment charges of AU$1.09 billion (US$783 million), which it said were the result of various COVID-19 related assumptions. These included the direct impact of COVID-19 safety measures implemented by federal and state governments, possible acceleration of retail contraction and uncertainty on the potential longer-term impacts as a result of the pandemic, increased competition and a potential decline in consumer confidence and increased economic uncertainty. But impairment aside, Tabcorp’s FY20 results were respectable at least, with revenue down just 4.8% group-wide to AU$5.22 billion (US$3.75 billion) and EBITDA by 11.5% to AU$995 million (US$715 million). David Attenborough本想 安靜地退休，但新冠疫情的爆發令這想法已不復 存在。 Attenborough自2010年4月起一直擔任Tabcorp的行政總裁。今年7月， 他宣佈計劃在2021年初離開這間澳洲賽馬及投注巨擘，主要由於是2017年該 公司已經完成了與Tatts Group的110億澳元（合78.5億美元）超大型合併，促 使他做出這個決定。 他當時表示：「與Tatts的合併現已經基本完成，現在正是開始任命下一 任行政總裁的恰當時機，從而令其新任行政總裁可與董事會及管理團隊合作， 從而推動公司向前發展。」 但在那之前，有鑒於新冠肺炎疫情帶來意想不到的挑戰，Attenborough 的當務之急是穩定住這艘船。 Tabcorp公司報告稱，在截至2020年6月30日的財年中，其年度虧損為 8.7億澳元（6.25億美元），其商譽減值為10.9億澳元（7.83億美元），其表示後 者是各種與COVID-19相關因素之假設的結果。這其中就包括聯邦政府和州政 府實施的COVID-19安全措施的直接影響、零售業可能加速收縮及不確定性、 競爭加劇、消費者信心的潛在下降及經濟不確定性增加等。 但若不看減值因素，Tabcorp在2020財年的業績至少還算不錯，整個集 團收入僅按年減少4.8％至52.2億澳元（37.5億美元），EBITDA則減少11.5％， 至9.95億澳元（7.15億美元）。