Organisation structure

Annette Kimmitt AM is the Chief Executive Officer at the VGCCC. Prior to this, she was CEO and Managing Partner of Australia’s largest law firm, MinterEllison. Ms Kimmitt was also the Global Growth Markets Leader at multinational professional services firm EY (Ernst & Young) and has previously held several other high-profile leadership roles with EY, including Asia-Pacific Accounts Managing Partner, Melbourne Managing Partner and Managing Partner Assurance.

She was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours for her significant service to business and gender equality and inclusion.

The five division leaders all report directly to the CEO and form the Executive team. Key support roles including Strategic Adviser, Executive Coordinator, and Senior Policy Officer also report directly to the CEO and form the Office of the CEO.

The CEO, in conjunction with the Executive team, is responsible for the overall management of the VGCCC as an organisation and ensuring that the strategic priorities and business objectives are met.

Compliance takes a collaborative approach to managing risk in the gambling and liquor industries in Victoria by engaging with industry to encourage high levels of voluntary compliance underpinned by strong enforcement action where required.

Activities include:

• conducting inspections and compliance activities
• conducting complex investigations
• ensuring the gambling and liquor industries remain free from criminal influence
• ensuring the integrity and reliability of systems
• assisting its regulated entities to comply through education.

Corporate Services provides the VGCCC with essential support services and promotes leading business practices through three teams: Finance, Business Services, People and Culture and Strategic Communication.

Key functions of the division include:

• financial management
• budgeting
• business services
• administered revenue
• procurement
• workforce planning
• learning and development
• employee health and safety
• recruitment and career management
• payroll and conditions
• industrial relations/employee relations management, and
• internal and external communications.

The ICT Division maintains and enhances the VGCCC's business applications and supporting infrastructure. ICT has identified four key areas of focus in the VGCCC IT Strategy to support the business needs of the VGCCC for the coming years:

• applications modernisation/consolidation
• online/mobile services
• infrastructure/cloud technology
• business intelligence.

The ICT Division is working towards establishing the VGCCC as an agency with modern information technology that allows us to provide improved service and meet the technology expectations of staff and stakeholders now, and into the future.

The Legal Services Division ensures all legal risk is managed on behalf of the Commission. The division performs the company secretary role in guiding the VGCCC's internal governance and compliance, and provides the Commission secretariat and registry services to ensure consistent decision making by Commissioners and staff.

Legal Services advises on:

• the Commission's powers under gaming and liquor legislation
• major licence management
• administrative law (such as privacy, freedom of information and subordinate legislation)
• commercial contract arrangements
• court procedure
• prosecutions
• human resources and industrial relations
• policy and regulatory practice
• development and evaluation of legislative proposals
• development of implementation plans, guidelines and protocols.

Other key functions include:

• assistance with investigation work
• criminal and civil litigation strategy
• advocacy, both internal and external
• appearing as counsel assisting for internal liquor review matters, disciplinary actions and applications for premises approvals and gaming machine increases
• managing corporate governance
• statutory compliance
• leading public policy negotiations and engagements with internal and external stakeholders.

The Licensing Division is the main public interface between the VGCCC and industry and community, and a key regulatory tool used to develop responsible gambling and liquor industries. Licensing key functions include:

• assesses and determines applications by individuals, businesses, clubs and community organisations for licences and permits to conduct gaming
• assesses and determines applications by individuals, businesses, clubs and community organisations for licences and permits to conduct gaming
• manages the allocation of gaming machine entitlements to venue operators
• responds to all gambling and liquor enquiries from the public and industry.
• monitors the financial activities and probity of approved participants in the gaming industry to ensure compliance with gaming regulations and ongoing suitability to hold a licence, permit or approval.

Decisions are made according to legislative requirements such as licensee suitability and harm-minimisation and with the principles of good decision-making including procedural fairness and natural justice.