Crisis-stricken casino giant Crown Resorts has appointed former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski as its next chairman to replace Helen Coonan, who will resign from the company on Friday.
Crown said in an announcement released to the ASX late on Thursday that Mr Switkowski would join the $6.2 billion group’s board as soon as he receives probity clearance from state gambling regulators, with board member and former senior public servant Jane Halton to serve as interim chairman.
Ms Coonan said last month that she would step down by the end of August after counsel assisting the Victorian royal commission into Crown said the former Howard government minister was not a “credible” face for change at the group.
