Inside Asian Gaming is saddened to learn of the passing of former Aristocrat Managing Director for Asia, Vincent Kelly, following a lengthy health battle.
Kelly, who revealed publicly in late 2023 that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer, spent three years based in Macau overseeing Aristocrat’s Asian operations before returning home to Sydney in late 2017, which allowed him to spend more time with family.
Born east of London, England, he previously worked in the alcoholic beverages industry and first moved to Hong Kong in 1999 working with Carlsberg. He moved to Australia in 2002.
Although he was with Aristocrat for only three years, Kelly was a much admired and popular figure in the industry and remained in close contact with many former colleagues after departing Macau.
IAG sister publication WGM interviewed Vincent in early 2015 upon his appointment as Managing Director Asia-Pacific for Aristocrat. That interview may be read here.
Vincent will be sorely missed.
