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Crown casino inquiry: John Alexander unable to shed light on why James Packer left board – The Guardian
The billionaire’s one-time right-hand man says he was unaware of China’s crackdown on soliciting gamblers before Crown staff were arrested
John Alexander was a close friend of the billionaire James Packer, and his right-hand man on the Crown Resorts board, but he was unable to tell the New South Wales casino inquiry on Thursday why Packer left the board.
Packer stepped down as chairman in August 2015 and briefly became a director before leaving altogether by the end of that year. He returned briefly in 2017 as a director when Alexander took over as executive chairman.
Under questioning, Alexander on Thursday said he could not rec…
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