Mr Tan is also a Director of Casinos Austria International (Cairns) Pty Limited (CAIC), the Operator of the Reef Hotel Casino and a Director of Casinos Austria International Limited. Until 29 September 2023, he was the Executive Director of the Trust. He was previously the CEO of CAIC until 21 August 2020. Mr Tan joined Casinos Austria International Limited in 1995 as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. Since this time, he has held several positions within the group, including Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary for Reef Casino Trust and Regional Manager (Australia, Asia Pacific) for Casinos Austria Group. Mr Tan holds an honours degree in Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Birmingham, England. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Governance Institute of Australia and the Chartered Governance Institute. Mr Tan also holds a number of directorships within the Casinos Austria Group. Prior to joining Casinos Austria, Mr Tan held positions as an auditor with (now) global audit firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in London and Brisbane, as hotel-casino internal auditor with Hilton Hotels Inc. at Jupiters on the Gold Coast and as Financial Controller and Company Secretary of Bond University on the Gold Coast. He was a director on the board of TTNQ (Tourism Tropical North Queensland) from 2012 to 2015. He was awarded Life Membership of TTNQ in 2022 for being a key player at the city's cornerstone attraction and venue setting the standard for high-end hotels in Cairns for a quarter of a century with a mantra of working together for Cairns and the region as a tourist destination.
