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IAG NOV 2022年11月 亞博匯 76 11-25 CHAIRMAN AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SJM Holdings MANAGING DIRECTOR SJM Resorts DIRECTOR STDM 主席及執行董事 澳門博彩控股有限公司 常務董事 澳娛綜合度假股份有限公司 董事 澳門旅遊娛樂股份有限公司 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 POWER SCORE 權能指數: 992 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名: 16 Succeeded legendary father Stanley Ho as chairman of SJM Holdings in June 2018 2018年6月起接替其父親賭王何鴻燊成為澳博控股主席 DAISY HO 何超鳳 11 FOR MOST OF HER LIFE Daisy Ho had been a co-star of the Ho family business, serving for years as CFO and trusty lieutenant for sister Pansy at Shun Tak Holdings. But now, in her fifth year as SJM Holdings chairman, Ho has dispelled lingering questions about her capacity to lead by consolidating control over company operations, even if SJM remains a subsidiary of Pansy Ho-controlled STDM. This is not to say that SJM hasn’t struggled with the rest of the market during the pandemic and Beijing’s corruption crackdown. In addition, the crushing of VIP revenue and the emasculation of SJM’s satellite casino network – not lucrative for SJM in EBITDA terms but certainly in terms of political capital – have presented Daisy Ho with the most challenging environment of her career. The anemic performance of SJM’s Cotai citadel Grand Lisboa Palace (and, indeed, reports of a botched opening) has been a genuine concern for observers, as has the need to secure a substantial lending facility, with government approval. But having taken control of SJM co-chairman Angela Leong’s stake in concession-holding subsidiary SJMResorts, Daisy Ho will finally be able to weaponize the de facto Pansy-Daisy duumvirate, streamline leadership and reform SJM’s culture for the better. 長久以來 何超鳳一直是何氏家族企業雙星之一，多年來在信德集團擔任財 務總監，並且是其胞姊何超瓊的得力助手。 現在，在她擔任澳博控股主席的第五個年頭，即使澳博依舊是何超瓊 掌控的澳娛子公司的情況下，何超鳳憑藉其鞏固對公司營運的控制，打消 了外界一直以來對她領導能力的質疑。 這並不等於澳博在疫情和北京大力打擊貪腐的過程中未與其他市營運 者一樣在市場掙扎。 此外，因貴賓廳收入的下瀉和澳博衛星賭場網絡的削弱（從EBITDA 的角度來看澳博並非有利，但從政治資本的角度來看則不然），就為何超 鳳帶來了她職業生涯中最具挑戰性的環境。 澳博在位於路氹的上葡京表現不佳（事實上，有報導稱其開業不 善），且因為需要政府的批准才可獲得大額貸款，這亦是評論員所關注的 問題。 但自何超鳳從澳博聯席主席梁安琪手中接手其持有的澳博子公司澳娛 綜合的股份後，何超鳳終於能善用兩姊妹共同掌權的事實，精簡領導層， 並改革澳博的文化，使之更加完善。