Inside Asian Gaming

aspirational nature of where Crown needs to be. At the same time, I’ve got a very solid background in the complex regulatory environment that is somewhat unique to Crown across the three jurisdictions here in Australia. BB: Although you are Irish and have spent 20 years in Macau, you also have a deep Australian connection that many people may not be aware of. Can you provide some insight into that? CC: I am originally from Dublin, Ireland but I was working in the UK in casinos in Luton and London when an Adelaide-based casino management company was over there in the early 90s hiring people to work on casino ships sailing out of Singapore. So I took a six-month gig at 22 years of age to come out and do that. I ended up staying with that company for 10 years and the last consultancy gig I did for them was to help a new start-up out of Hong Kong called Galaxy [Entertainment Group] which had won a concession in Macau. I was then offered the opportunity to join Galaxy full-time in 2002, which is what I did. That management company COVER STORY