Crown casino inquiry: John Alexander unable to shed light on why James Packer left board
by Anne Davies from on (#58P8Q)
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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.
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