Inside Asian Gaming

IAG OCT 2022年10月 亞博匯 24 Ben Blaschke: Ciarán, congratulations on your appointment as CEO of Crown Resorts. Given the regulatory challenges Crown is currently facing and the significant upheaval in both ownership and leadership, how have you approached the role? Ciarán Carruthers: First of all, thanks for the congratulations. It’s a huge opportunity for me and a great honor really to take up a role like this. I’ve been coming to Crown and following Crown since the temporary joint opened in 1994 and then the full resort in 1997. It’s always been a real beacon in our industry – a true integrated resort going back long before the term was used in Macau – so getting the opportunity to take this up professionally has been fantastic. From a personal level, with my family having been based in Australia, in Adelaide, for the past 20 years it’s a great fit as well. In terms of the timing, it’s just an opportunity here. This is a company that has been challenged over the last couple of years, the brand has been damaged very publicly, but it still has fantastic assets and lovely people. I’ve really been blown away by the passion and the commitment and the longevity of some of the team. I’ve met people here who have got 20- year pins, 25-year pins. In that respect it is fantastic coming in and realizing the potential this property has over the next couple of years. But clearly there is a mountain of work to be done on the remediation and transformation. That really is the main focus now. COVER STORY 本思齊(BB)：簡浩龍先生，祝賀你擔任 皇冠度假酒店集團的行政總裁。考慮到 皇冠目前所面臨的監管挑戰、股權變更 及管理層的重大變動，你將如何擔任這 一角色？ 簡浩龍（CC）： 首先，感謝你的祝賀。 能夠擔任這一職位對我而言是一個巨大 的機會，也是莫大的榮幸。從皇冠自 1994年聯合試營運到1997年正式開業， 我一直都在那裡工作。它一直是我們行 業的真正燈塔，是真正的綜合度假村， 甚至早於澳門使用這詞彙之前，所以能 夠擔任這個職位真是太棒了。 從個人而言，我的家人在過去20年 裡一直住在澳洲的阿德萊德，回去也是 很好的機緣。 就時機而言，也是一個機遇。這家 公司在過去幾年間一直受挫，品牌受到 了非常大的傷害，但仍然擁有出色的資 產及忠誠的員工。我被團隊中很多人的 激情、忠誠和長情所鼓舞，很多人在這 裡工作了二十年甚至二十五年。從這個 角度而言，如果此刻的上任能夠幫助其 在未來幾年內發揮出潛力就太好了。但 顯然地，目前在補救方面，仍有大量工 作尚待處理。