New Sun International CEO Sought

December 5 - Sun International is searching for a new Chief Executive Officer, after David Coutts-Trotter unexpectedly resigned from the mammoth South African gaming group last month.

Coutts-Trotter was released with immediate effect as CEO, upon his own request, and the Gaming Operations Director Garth Collins was temporarily appointed acting CEO of the gaming and leisure group.

While Collins continues to act as CEO, the search is reportedly still ongoing to find a permanent new Sun International CEO to replace Coutts-Trotter.

At the time of Coutts-Trotter's resignation, the group issued a short statement, saying: "For personal reasons, David has requested to be released from the company with immediate effect."

When Collins was named as acting CEO, a Sun International statement reported that Collins had been with the group for the past four decades, and that he was well suited to run Sun International in the interim.

Coutts-Trotter Sun International CEO  Since 2006

David Coutts-Trotter has been head of Sun International since 2006 and the group said in its statement that, under his leadership, it had expanded its interests into West Africa as well as South America.

"He has also overseen license reapplications for various group properties, as well as major refurbishments, notably Boardwalk in Port Elizabeth, currently undergoing a R1 billion expansion, and the Wild Coast Sun, nearing the completion of a R400 million upgrade," noted the group in its statement.

Sun International is considered one of South Africa's largest gaming and leisure groups, with a local and international portfolio that consists of many properties.

The group's flagship casino and hotel resort is Sun City, one of the leading resorts in the world. The Sun City Casino is open every day of the year and boasts a wide range of gaming and entertaining options, suitable for the adults as well as the whole family.

Adults can enjoy a range of popular casino games including American roulette, blackjack, baccarat (punto banco), stud poker, let it ride poker and slots on machines ranging from 10c to R5.

Sun City's Slots Prive room is also situated in the casino and has even higher denomination reel machines, video and poker machines.  Denominations on these machines range from R5 to R100 which meets the needs of high roller South African gamblers.

Other top Sun International casinos include the Wild Coast Sun, which offers 438 slot machines that operate on Smart Cards for seamless gaming. 

High rollers revel in the MVG Platinum and Gold card lounge inside the casino's Plantation Room, and is used exclusively for Platinum and Gold card holders.

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