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IAG NOV 2021年11月 亞博匯 108 26-50 CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Marina Bay Sands 首席運營官 濱海灣金沙 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 POWER SCORE 權能指數: 636 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名: Nil 無 Global gaming experience includes stints in Macau, Australia and New Zealand • • 包括在澳門、澳洲及紐西蘭工作的全球博彩從業經歷 42 PAUL TOWN hasn’t wasted any time climbing the ranks at what has often been described as “the most profitable casino in the world.” The New Zealander arrived in Singapore in October 2019 as Marina Bay Sands’ Senior Vice President Resort Operations, tasked with overseeing finance, development and non-gaming operations, working alongside veteran gaming expert Andrew MacDonald. However, when MacDonald quietly retired earlier this year, Town found himself promoted to Chief Operating Officer with gaming now very much under his remit. While business volumes remain down at MBS due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Town still has plenty on his plate in the near term as Las Vegas Sands continues preparations for the US$3.3 billion expansion of its Singapore IR. Born near the New Zealand city of Auckland, Town spent his early childhood in Singapore where he attended Dover Court International School and United World College of South East Asia. He obtained a Bachelor of International Hotel Management from the International College of Hotel Management and launched into a career in hotels as Night Manager of Langham Hilton. His industry experience includes stints at Galaxy Macau, Melco-Crown and Crown Melbourne where he served in a range of senior leadership roles on the hotel side. He also worked with a number of food and beverage supply companies in Australia shortly before his move to MBS in 2019. PAUL TOWN Paul Town 在這個常被描述為「全球最賺錢的賭場」中一直奮進前行。 這位紐西蘭人於2019年10月抵達新加坡並擔任濱海灣金沙綜合度假村 的運營高級副總裁，與資深博彩專家Andrew MacDonald並肩工作，負責 監督財務、發展和非博彩業務。 然而，當今年較早時MacDonald悄然退休後，Town被提升為首席運 營官，將博彩業務亦納入其職權範圍之內。 儘管受新冠疫情影響濱海灣金沙的業務量仍在下降，但是隨著拉斯維 加斯金沙集團投資33億美元對新加坡IR進行擴建，Town在短期內仍有很 多工作要完成。 Town出生在紐西蘭奧克蘭市附近，在新加坡渡過了他的少年時光， 就讀於Dover Court國際學校和東南亞聯合世界書院。他持有國際酒店管 理學院的國際酒店管理學士學位，並曾在朗廷希爾頓酒店擔任夜班經理。 他的行業經驗包括曾先後在澳門銀河、新濠博亞和墨爾本皇冠酒店擔 任多個高管職務。在2019年加入濱海灣金沙之前，他還曾與澳洲多家餐飲 供應公司合作。