Julian Cook

Julian Cook is the Chair of the Board of SkyCity Entertainment Group. He lives in New Zealand. He chairs the Governance and Nominations Committee and sits on the People and Culture, Audit, Risk and Compliance, and Transformation Sub-Committees.

He began his career in finance at Macquarie Group, where he was an Associate Director over a 12-year career. There he worked across the energy, industrial services, tourism and aged care sectors. He left Macquarie in 2010 to join Summerset, and later became its Chief Financial Officer. In that role he oversaw the company's move to a public listing on the New Zealand and Australian stock exchanges. He became Chief Executive Officer of Summerset Group Holdings Limited in 2014 and held the post until March 2021.

Cook joined the SkyCity board as a director in June 2021 and became Chair in January 2022. In October 2022 he was also appointed a director of SkyCity Adelaide. He is currently a director of WEL Networks Limited, Winton Land Limited and Deakin TopCo Pty Limited. He holds a Master of Finance from Victoria University and a Master of Science from the University of Waikato.