Gemma Acton

After studying European Social and Poltical Thought at UCL, Gemma started her career as an investment banker focused on M&A in London before transferring to Dubai with Goldman Sachs.  From there to the Ivy League college, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where Gemma completed a dual MBA/MA focusing on Finance, French and Art History as part of the Lauder Program.  A stint immersed in Wealth Management at PIMCO in New York and London followed before Gemma alighted on a television career as a reporter and presenter for CNBC.  Moving to Sydney in 2017, Gemma began work at Channel 7 as a reporter before becoming a presenter across national news programs and then ultimately moving to senior management as Director of National News Operations.  She also founded and ran a successful guest presenter business. Gemma was thrilled to join Wynn Al Marjan Island as the head of Marketing in June 2025 where she has the immense privilege of building out the company's commercial strategy and contributing to this extraordinary project.