The NSW government has announced public administrator Christine Howlett as a new Commissioner of the NSW Independent Casino Commission.
The NICC was set up in 2022 to provide increased regulatory oversight of casino operations.
Ms Howlett fills the vacancy created by the departure of Craig Sahlin who served as a NICC Commissioner since its beginning.
She’s to serve a four-year term heading the independent statutory regulator of NSW’s two casinos.
The new Commissioner served as Deputy Special Manager, independently overseeing Crown Melbourne’s remediation program from 2021 after findings of the Finkelstein Royal Commission.
That work included reforms to prevent gambling harm and money laundering.
Ms Howlett has also held senior roles with Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission, the NSW Department of Family and Community Services, Victoria’s Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants and the National Crime Authority.
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