Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE) last week announced the appointment of Haven Pope as chief accounting officer. In this role, he will oversee a comprehensive system of financial reporting and analysis for MGE and its global subsidiaries to promote future growth and development.
“The chief accounting officer is critical to Mohegan’s success as a global, tribal entity, and we have the utmost confidence that Haven will exceed expectations in this role,” said Ray Pineault, MGE’s president and CEO. “With his impressive experience and strong background in corporate finance, we are confident his leadership and technical accounting skills will further enable us to strengthen our position as a leading integrated entertainment resort brand.”
Pope will report directly to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Carol Anderson, and will lead the financial reporting, technical accounting and corporate accounting teams. He will facilitate communication among the property’s finance teams, the audit committee and external auditors.
Pope has more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience. Most recently he served as the senior director of accounting and internal controls for Caesars Entertainment. Prior to that, he worked for CarMax, Deloitte & Touche and Cherry, Bekaert & Holland. He has significant experience in technical accounting, accounting policies, internal controls, financial reporting, finance transformation and an array of financial auditing and reporting.
With this change, Peter Roberti will assume the role of vice president of finance and corporate treasurer, covering treasury operations, tax support and capital structure activities.
