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IAG NOV 2020年11月 亞博匯 78 2020 POWER 50 IAN MICHAEL COUGHLAN PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Wynn Macau Ltd 高哲恒 總裁兼執行董事 永利澳門有限公司 17 POWER SCORE 權能指數 : 1,170 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名 : 19 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 Appointed President in 2016 after Wynn Palace’s shaky start and led the highly successful re-alignment of the property Led Wynn in Macau while newly minted CEO Matt Maddox steered Wynn in the US through the turbulent post-Steve Wynn waters • • • • 於永利皇宮開幕後遭遇不順處境時，在2016年被委任為總裁，並且成功對該物業進行 重整物業 當新上任的行政總裁馬德承在美國帶領公司走出後史提芬．永利時期的餘波時，於澳 門擔起領導角色 EIGHT YEARS with world-renowned hotel brand The Peninsula, and four each as General Manager of The Peninsula Bangkok and The Peninsula Hong Kong, honed Ian Coughlan’s instinct that it is the brand itself which shines, rather than any one individual attached to it. Nevertheless, many in the industry attribute the unique position the Wynn brand in Macau has secured as the unrivaled pinnacle of luxury to Coughlan, rather than his former boss after which it is named. Wynn in Macau has overtaken its American namesake in terms of brand standards, with an utterly fastidious attention to detail earning it more than a dozen Forbes five-star awards across its peninsular and Cotai properties, including bragging rights for Wynn Palace as the world’s largest Forbes five-star hotel. Coughlan prefers to lie low, and while that lack of noise around his personal brand may have led his Power 50 ranking to suffer in prior years, anyone achieving the success that Coughlan has can remain a hidden gem for only so long. Just as Coughlan collects fiercely loyal subordinates who think for the long-term, the man some refer to as “the defender of the Wynn Macau brand” has himself been loyal to his company, having joined in 2007 and remained there ever since. There have even been “next in line” murmurings when the subject of succession planning for the very top job arises. Away from work, Coughlan is known to have an almost encyclopedic knowledge of music – perhaps just another reflection of an ability to recall the most minute of details from an immense array of information. 高哲恒 在世界知名的酒店品牌半島待過八年，當中分別於曼谷半島及香港半 島各出任了四年總經理。這些經驗都訓練了他的直覺，讓他知道最重要的是品 牌本身，而非任何與品牌相關的個人。 可是很多業內人士都把永利品牌在澳門被成功塑造為於奢華上品牌的 功勞都歸於高哲恒，而不是他那與酒店同名的前老闆。在澳門的永利於品牌標 準方面已經超越了於美國的姊妹公司時，其對於細節那極端挑剔的著重讓公 司在澳門半島和路氹的物業多次獲福布斯五星大獎，並且可以大肆宣揚稱永 利皇宮是全球最大的福布斯五星酒店。 高哲恒喜歡低調行事，雖然他本身那寂寂的作風亦可能對他在過去的50 強排名有所影響，可是任何如他那般成功的人實在難以長久地不惹人注目。 正如他四處招攬的那些異常忠誠、只為長遠著想的下屬一樣，高哲恒本 身亦由於他對公司的忠誠而被稱為「永利澳門品牌的捍衛者」。他自己就在 2007年加入公司，之後一直服務至今。甚至當關於公司大位承繼安排的討論 出現時，他的名字亦會於竊竊耳語中被提起。 撇開工作不談，高哲恒的音樂造詣亦十分深厚，這可能也反映出他可以 在茫茫資訊當中想起每項細節的能力。