Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING DECEMBER 2018 24 Muhammad Cohen Editor-At-large Inside Asian Gaming Muhammad Cohen has been covering business in Asia since 1995 and focused on the casino business for the past decade. He’s interviewed gaming’s best and brightest, been publicly upbraided (at least once, unjustly) by them and in turn has keenly assessed what they’ve produced. His experience as a diplomat and city planner helps him place gaming policies, projects and destinations in the broader urban and geopolitical context of Asia’s increasingly complex web of competing domestic and international interests and imperatives. As a former baseball writer, working with some of the game’s top statistical analysts, he brings a keen appreciation of the power and limits of numbers to paint a picture that may be incredibly accurate but also multi-dimensional. Dr Davis Fong Director of Institute for the Study of Commercial Gaming; Professor of International Integrated Resort Management University of Macau Dr Davis Fong has been responsible for more than 40 gambling and tourism related research projects for the Macao SAR Government. Pursuit of academic interest has led him to study different aspects of gambling and related issues, such as social and economic impacts of gambling, Chinese gambler behavior, gambling disorder, responsible gambling, visitor profile studies, casino operations, tourism management and more. On appointment by the Government he has served as a Consultant on the Economic Development Committee since 2017, as a member of the Talents Development Committee since 2014 and on the Consultative Committee of Statistics, Macao SAR, since 2015 (UM Representative). Prof. Fong was appointed by the Chief Executive as a Deputy of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Macao (2017–2021). Andrew W Scott CEO Inside Asian Gaming Inside Asian Gaming ’s CEO first entered a casino in 1986, fell in love with the surrounds and has been around them ever since. Andrew founded World Gaming Group in 2009 and launched WGM , took over IAG in 2015 and debuted a third magazine called High Life in 2016. He is a regular commentator in the media on all things gaming. Named the 2014 Macau Person of the Year, Andrew is also a regular consultant to institutions investing in Asian gaming stocks, President of the Macau Taxi Passengers Association, a member of the Portuguese and English Press Association of Macau and a permanent member of the Macau Gaming Management Association. He is also in the latter stages of completing a Master’s Degree in International Integrated Resort Management at the University of Macau. Ben Blaschke Managing Editor Inside Asian Gaming Ben began his career as a sports journalist in Sydney in 1999 before falling in love with poker. He soon found himself not only playing the game but writing about it too – taking on the role of Editor for PokerNews Australasia and subsequently visiting Macau for the very first time in 2008. Having quickly discovered a love of the excitement of a great casino floor, he jumped at the chance to become more deeply involved with the industry when he was offered the role of Managing Editor of WGM in early 2013. In 2016 Ben added the roles of Managing Editor of both IAG and High Life and this year was appointed Chief Content Officer at O MEDIA, overseeing all content across the company’s growing number of digital and print media brands. Ben was also the creative force behind IAG Breakfast Briefing, – a popular daily gaming industry newsletter hitting 20,000 inboxes at 8am each Macau business day. ASIAN GAMING POWER 50 2 0 1 8 MEET THE PANEL