The women behind The Star Gold Coast and the company’s $400 million expansion
They’re young, ambitious and female: meet the women running The Star Gold Coast and the company’s $400m expansion.
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THEY’RE young, ambitious and female – meet the women running The Star Gold Coast and the company’s $400 million expansion.
Trailblazing women making tracks in a male-dominated industry, Jessica Mellor and Jaime Cali are the kind of women being recognised and championed in the Harvey Norman Women of the Year awards.
Ms Mellor is the chief operating officer of The Star Gold Coast, leading a team of more than 2800.
Appointed in June last year, Ms Mellor, 34, is The Star Gold Coast’s youngest and first female COO and directs staff across The Star’s accommodation, residences and entertainment areas.
She will also be in charge of staff at the Dorsett hotel tower, the new 53-storey structure expected to open in 2022.
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Ms Mellor said it was important for her team to see young women in leading roles so they felt confident about their future at The Star. .
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“One of the female leaders here has worked in this business since day one. Her daughter also works at The Star Gold Coast. She said to me: ‘Since you came into this role, I believe that my daughter has a career here. I never believed that I would see a woman sitting in that chair.’ ”
Ms Cali is the Destination Gold Coast Consortium project director, overseeing the build of The Dorsett and planning for the future four towers, a $2 billion-plus construction.
The Dorsett tower will create hundreds of new roles in tourism and hospitality, with new opportunities for women looking to grow their careers.
“What I try to bring is honesty, integrity and just being true to myself. I have a huge passion for architecture and seeing the changing landscape of cities,” she said.
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Both women are supportive of the Women of The Year campaign, an initiative of the Gold Coast Bulletin inviting people to nominate creative and innovative Gold Coast women.
Do you know a woman making a difference to the lives of others on the Gold Coast? Nominate now at womenoftheyear.com.au
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