BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Set out below are biographies of each of our Board members. The Board has adopted a formal Board Charter, which details the functions and responsibilities of the Board.
THE HONOURABLE HELEN A COONAN, BA, LLB
Executive Chairman
The Honourable Helen Coonan is the Executive Chairman of Crown having been appointed Chairman in January 2020 and Executive Chairman in February 2021.
Ms Coonan has had an extensive professional career in leadership positions that spans service to the Australian Parliament as Senator for New South Wales from 1996 to 2011, practise of the law and experience as a company director and adviser in a number of corporate roles.
Ms Coonan holds Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Sydney. Prior to entering Parliament, she worked as a lawyer including as principal of her own legal firm, as a partner in law firm Gadens, as a commercial Barrister in Australia and as an Attorney in New York.
In Parliament, Ms Coonan served as the Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate. She was appointed to Cabinet as the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts and was shareholder Minister for Telstra Corporation and Australia Post. She also served as the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer and had portfolio oversight of the Australian Taxation Office and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. She is the recipient of a Centenary Medal for service to the Australian Parliament.
Ms Coonan is Chair of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), Minerals Council of Australia (MCA), Placemaking NSW Advisory Committee, Supervised Investments Australia Limited and GRACosway (a subsidiary of the Clemenger Group). She is also a member of the J.P Morgan Advisory Council.
Ms Coonan is Chair of the Crown Resorts Foundation.
Board memberships:
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Director of Burswood Limited (Crown Perth)
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Director of Crown Melbourne Limited
PROFESSOR JOHN S HORVATH AO, MB, BS (SYD), FRACP, FAAHMS, FRCPA (HONS)
Deputy Chairman
Professor John Horvath was the Australian Government Chief Medical Officer from 2003 to 2009 and principal Medical Consultant to the Commonwealth Department until January 2016. He continued to advise the Department of Health and the School of Medicine, University of Sydney until 2014 and holds the position of Honorary Professor of Medicine.
Professor Horvath is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and is a distinguished practitioner, researcher and teacher. Professor Horvath previously sat on the Board of the Garvan Research Foundation and was a Governor of the Centenary Institute of Medical Research until January 2016. He was a member of the Advisory Council to the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation Agency, the Finance and Administration Committee of the School of Medicine at the University of Sydney and the Ministerial Advisory Council to the Minister of Health.
Professor Horvath was previously Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney. He is also known as a leader in a range of medical training and workforce organisations and is a former President of the Australian Medical Council and the New South Wales Medical Board.
Professor Horvath is currently the Global Strategic Medical Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Ramsay Health Care, Group Chief Medical Officer of Ramsay Health Care and a Director of the Ramsay Hospital Medical Research Institute and the Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation.
Professor Horvath is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Australian Genetic Consortium.
Professor Horvath sits on the Crown Resorts Foundation Board.
Board and Board Committee memberships:
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Director of Crown Melbourne Limited
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Chair of the Safety and Sustainability Committee
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Chair of the Responsible Gaming Committee
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Member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee
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Member of the People, Remuneration and Nomination Committee
Jane Halton AO PSM, BA (HONS) PSYCHOLOGY, FIML, FIPAA, NAM, Hon. FAAHMS, Hon. FACHSE, Hon. DLitt (UNSW)
Non-executive Director
Jane Halton’s 33 year career in the public service includes the positions of Secretary of the Australian Department of Finance, Secretary of the Australian Department of Health, Secretary for the Department of Health and Ageing and Executive Co-ordinator (Deputy Secretary) of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Ms Halton is a current Director of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, is the current Chair of Vault Systems and Council on the Ageing Australia and is the Chair and a Director of Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Norway).
Ms Halton’s other roles include Director of Clayton Utz, Member of the Executive Board of the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, Chair of Generics Biosimilar Medicines Association Advisory Board, Adjunct Professor of the University of Sydney and the University of Canberra and Council Member of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Ms Halton brings to the Board extensive experience in finance, risk management, information technology, human resources and public policy.
Board and Board Committee memberships:
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Chair of Crown Sydney Gaming Pty Ltd
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Chair of the Risk Management Committee
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Member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee
Antonia Korsanos, BEC, CA, GAICD
Non-executive Director
Antonia Korsanos was the Chief Financial Officer (2009 to 2018) and Company Secretary (2011 to 2018) of Aristocrat Leisure Limited. She has over 25 years’ experience in financial and general management at companies including Kellogg’s Australia and New Zealand, Goodman Fielder Limited and Coopers & Lybrand in Sydney.
Mrs Korsanos brings to the Board extensive experience in the gaming industry and experience in the areas of technology, finance, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, risk management and financial and regulatory compliance.
Mrs Korsanos has a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting & Finance) from Macquarie University, is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Mrs Korsanos is also a Member of Chief Executive Women, a Non-executive Director of Webjet Limited and Treasury Wine Estates Limited and former Non-executive Director of Ardent Leisure Group Limited.
Board and Board Committee memberships:
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Chair of Crown Melbourne Limited
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Chair of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee
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Member of the People, Remuneration and Nomination Committee
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Member of the Responsible Gaming Committee
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Member of the Risk Management Committee
JOHN POYNTON AO, BCOM, HON DCOM, FAICD, SF FIN (LIFE), FAIM
Non-executive Director
John Poynton is a Director of the Future Fund Board of Guardians (Australia’s sovereign wealth fund). He is also the Chair of Strike Energy Limited, Deputy Chair of Sapien Cyber Limited and Co-Founder and Chair of Poynton Stavrianou.
Mr Poynton has previously served as Chairman, Deputy Chairman or Non-Executive Director of a number of ASX Listed companies, Federal Government boards and education institutions. These include the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, the Payments System Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Business School at the University of Western Australia.
Mr Poynton was the Chair of the Council of Christ Church Grammar School between 2014 and 2018 and a member of the Advisory Board of the Security Research Institute at Edith Cowan University.
Mr Poynton is a past recipient of a Western Australian Citizen of the Year award in the Industry and Commerce category.
Board and Board Committee memberships:
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Chair of Burswood Limited (Crown Perth)
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Member of the Risk Management Committee
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Member of the Safety and Sustainability Committee