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| Nick Dalton

THE recruitment process to replace two lucrative executive roles in Cairns is underway.

The Reef Casino Trust is looking for a new chief executive officer to replace Allan Tan, who is retiring, and Ports North is sifting through the applications for a new CEO after Chris Boland leaves in July.

Both roles command hefty salaries.

According to the Reef Casino Trust’s latest annual report Mr Tan was paid nearly $300,000 ($297,945) for his role as executive director of the trust (not including his other roles, particularly with Casinos Austria International) in 2022, while Mr Boland received $416,944 as listed in the port authority’s 2021-22 annual report.

Mr Tan is retiring as executive di- rector of Reef Corporate Services Ltd (RCS) and Reef Casino Trust (RCT).

Reef Corporate Services is the responsible entity of the Reef Casino Trust which owns the Reef Hotel Casino complex in Cairns.

But he will continue as a non-executive director of RCS and Casinos Austria and assist in the transition of the newly appointed executive who replaces him.

The trust has appointed specialist recruitment firm Davidson Recruitment to search for the newly-created position of CEO of the trust.

Ports North has engaged Korn Ferry to recruit a new CEO. “The chief executive officer leads Ports North’s activities with considerable autonomy in decision-making within board policy,” a job advertisement reads. “This demands strategic vision and judgement which will be balanced by the desire to roll up the sleeves with a can-do approach.”

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