Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING DECEMBER 2018 70 ASIAN GAMING POWER 50 2 0 1 8 Paul Baker PRESIDENT Grand Lisboa Palace Appointed President of SJM’s under- construction Cotai integrated resort, Grand Lisboa Palace, in September, Baker joins the company after building an extensive resume in and around Asia. Previously Deputy Chief Operating Officer at Genting Malaysia Berhad for four years until August, he also enjoyed a short stint as EVP – Resort Operations at Wynn Macau and was Vice President and Assistant General Manager across multiple Las Vegas properties for Caesars Entertainment. Aside from the 50 people that made our final list and the many others we considered, a handful stood out as particularly worthy of mention. In many cases it is because their star is on the rise, such as SJM’s Arnaldo Ho, although others like Steve Wynn are notable for their absence from the top 50 this year. Either way, the people on these pages are worth keeping a particularly close eye on in the coming years and we expect many to move into our 50 in the near future. Raymond Chan CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Alphaslot The founder of open-source platform provider TGG has is not only determined to change the face of slot machine gaming as we know it but has developed an innovative new blockchain concept through his latest venture, Alphaslot, including an idea around luring millennials to casino floors to redeem tokens earned via social gaming. Ones to watch Ted Chan CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER – JAPAN DEVELOPMENT Galaxy Entertainment Group A former star performer at Melco Resorts, Ted Chan was snapped up by Galaxy in April to head up their Japan operations as the company aggressively pursues a Japanese IR license. Commenting on the appointment, brokerage Bernstein said at the time, “While Mike Mecca has been leading the effort on international development opportunities, including Japan, the time was ripe to put a seasoned well experienced executive on the ground to heighten the effort as legalization moves potentially closer to fruition.”