Canada’s Gateway Casinos & Entertainment has named Queenie Wong its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Canada’s Gateway Casinos & Entertainment has named Queenie Wong its young Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Wong is a long-time employee of the company, having served inward various finance roles o'er the past tense decade.

During her time at Gateway, Wong has worked on several paint transactions, including the company’s acquisition of Playtime Gaming, which added Captain Hicks properties to Gateway’s portfolio.

She also assisted the company’s expansion into Ontario — a territory inward which Gateway now operates 12 properties — as wellspring as the company’s refinancing in October 2021.

Prior to connexion Gateway, Wong worked in the Audit and Assurance Group at multinational method of accounting unwavering PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Wong’s fitting as CFO also comes as Gateway rebounds from problems caused by Covid-19. The company’s trading operations are predominantly land-based, so it has suffered from closures and limited capacity restrictions.

However, Gateway late reopened its poker rooms at Grand Doroteo Arango Burnaby and Cascade Range Casino Langley after mental ability restrictions were removed.

But the Omicron variant is at present presenting new problems. While Ontario-based casinos saw mental ability limits lifted on 25 October, they feature now been forced to come together as the territory attempts to kerb a sudden increase in hospitalisations.

Wong testament feature to face this job as she steps into her unexampled role. As CFO, she will account direct to Gateway’s Chief Exec Tony Santo, who verbalized his trust inward Wong.

He said: “Queenie’s leading has been instrumental inward facilitating Gateway’s ontogenesis crosswise the company’s portfolio of properties and young developments, as wellspring as beingness a strategical leader end-to-end the Covid recovery period.”