VGCCC announces Annette Kimmitt as new CEO
Australian regulator appoints decorated industry veteran to replace outgoing CEO, Scott May
Following an extensive recruitment process, the Victoria Gaming and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) has announced that Annette Kimmitt will take over as the group’s CEO on 21 March.
The Australian regulator confirmed Kimmitt would replace outgoing CEO, Scott May, in heading up regulation of the state’s gambling and liquor industries with a view to ensuring harm minimisation.
Kimmitt – who was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours due to her service to business and gender equality and inclusion – will join the organisation having already accrued 37 years of high-profile professional and commercial experience.
Most recently, Kimmitt had served as CEO and managing partner at law firm MinterEllison from 2018 to 2021. Prior to that she was the global growth markets leader at Ernst & Young and held other key roles within the group, including Asia-Pacific managing partner and Melbourne managing partner.
In January 2021, Kimmitt also took the position of non-executive director, chair of the audit and risk committee and member of the investment committee for listed investment company, Mirrabooka Investments Ltd, while in May 2021, she became a non-executive director of Melbourne’s Trawalla Group.
Speaking on the new appointment, VGCCC chair Fran Thorn welcomed Kimmitt to the role, saying: “Her background in the business world and her experience in audit and risk management in particular will be a huge asset to our regulation of the gambling and liquor industries and ensuring harm minimisation.”
Thorn also went on to thank May for his role as acting CEO of VGCCC since November 2021: “Scott has shown great leadership during what has been a very busy time for the VGCCC, including overseeing the work to separate regulation of gambling and liquor and our ongoing response to the pandemic.”