Inside Asian Gaming

IAG NOV 2021年11月亞博匯 66 1-10 PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sands China 總裁兼執行董事 金沙中國 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 POWER SCORE 權能指數: 1,689 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名: 10 Experienced government and political operator with mainland China connections Extensive work in property development • • • • 在政府關係及政治方面擁有豐富經驗，與中國內地亦有關係 廣泛參與物業發展工作 WILFRED WONG 王英偉 LAS VEGAS SANDS (LVS) has long been established as a true giant of the global gaming industry, but it is the here and now that promises to shape what the company looks like in another 10 years’ time. With the sale of its Las Vegas assets for US$6.25 billion in March, LVS announced to the world that its future was very much in Asia, and predominantly Macau, where local subsidiary Sands China dominates the Cotai Strip. With a promise to keep investing in the SAR, that places Sands China President Wilfred Wong very much front and center. Yet his importance to Sands China is much more significant thanmere expansion. With the gaming licenses of Macau’s six casino concessionaires all expiring on 26 June 2022, Wong’s political connections will be vital in ensuring the company maintains its presence moving forward, while recent submissions surrounding proposed amendments to Macau’s gaming law will undoubtedly have been made at least partially under his guidance. It is for this very reason that Sands China first sought Wong’s services when he was appointed President and COO back in November 2015. Originally a civil servant with the Hong Kong government, he was closely involved in discussions with mainland China around the city’s Basic Law during the handover in 1997. Building on the relationships he developed during Hong Kong’s transition, 6