Inside Asian Gaming

IAG FEB 2022年2月 亞博匯 78 INDUSTRY PROFILE booming of the gaming industry and the opening up of the Chinese individual visit scheme. One year I was visiting Macau and was stunned that it was no longer the village that I had in mind. There are many public traded companies that have set up branches in Macau. Over the past 20 years, a lot of infrastructure was built and is still being built to catch up with the rapid growth in tourism. The growth also comes with more variety of career opportunities, different world class entertainment as well as great food. Of course, this came with a price and Macau is getting more crowded. Places that I used to go and enjoy walking around have become congested with tourists and are no longer places of choice for me. IAG: How did you come to work in the gaming industry and specifically for Aristocrat? AC: I started in the gaming industry through a close friend. It was not gaming that I was initially sold on but the nature of the opportunity. She encouraged me to try something Most of my time is really spent with people. Aristocrat is a company with a “people first” culture that is inclusive of users, customers and our own team. 我大部分的時間都花在人的身上。盛世・貴 族是一個擁抱著以人為本文化的公司，對於 用家、客戶及自己的團隊成員都非常包容。 new that was vibrant, full of excitement and challenging and most importantly it fitted with my character. There I started running operations and technical support for a gaming equipment vendor. At Aristocrat, I started on another journey via a very interesting global supply chain career path, managing contract manufacturers for the Asia-Pacific region. In that role I got the opportunity to work side-by-side with design engineers and with giant contract manufacturers such as Flextronics, Sanmina and many