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IAG NOV 2022年11月 亞博匯 87 11-25 VICE CHAIRMAN, COO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Wynn Macau 董事會副主席、首席營運總裁兼執行董事 永利澳門 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 POWER SCORE 權能指數: 770 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名: 19 Go-to person for government relations at Wynn Macau since inception Set to assume even greater leadership role from 2023 自永利澳門成立以來一直負責公司與政府關係 預計從2023年起承擔更為重要的領導角色 LINDA CHEN 22 陳志玲 THE WYNN LEADERSHIP ROUNDABOUT has certainly been spinning in recent years, with the sudden departure of company founder Steve Wynn in 2018 followed more recently by the loss of Matt Maddox. In Macau there has been similar upheaval, with long-time Wynn Macau Resort COO Ciarán Carruthers and Wynn Macau Ltd President Ian Michael Coughlan both stepping down over the past few months. Yet one constant throughout the past 20 years has been Linda Chen. The former Las Vegas casino executive and trusted confidante of Steve Wynn – having been part of the opening team for The Mirage in 1989 (plus MGM Grand in 1993 and Bellagio in 1998) – joined Wynn Macau in 2002 and has been part of the company’s journey throughout the entire 20 years of its original casino concession. She is also overseeing Wynn’s bid under the Macau government’s ongoing re-tender process, no doubt utilizing her government relations skills to their fullest during recent negotiations. While the VIP sector she once looked after for Wynn is now in steady decline, Chen’s role is not: with Coughlan stepping aside from his role as President in February 2023 to take on an advisory role with the company instead, Chen will take over as Wynn Macau President on top of her current Vice Chairman and COO roles. Proof perhaps that the more things change, the more they stay the same. 近年來 ，永利渡假村的高層一直更迭不斷。先是公司創始人史提芬·永利於 2018年突然離職，近期馬德承也提出離職。其於澳門的公司也同樣經歷類 似動蕩，長期擔任永利澳門營運總裁的簡浩龍，以及永利澳門總裁高哲恆 在過去幾個月間相繼離職。 但過去的二十年間，陳志玲始終如一。這位曾先後在Mirage（1989）、 拉斯維加斯美高梅大酒店（1993）、Bellagio（1998）任職的前拉斯維加 斯賭場高管及史提芬·永利長期信賴的夥伴，於2002年加入永利澳門，並 在永利於澳門的首個20年期的博彩經營批給期間始終作為一員。 她在澳門政府正在進行的博彩經營批給的重新競投中，負責永利的投 標，無疑會在近期與政府的談判中充分運用她與政府打關係的技能。 儘管她曾負責的永利澳門貴賓博彩業務正日漸下滑，但她的角色卻 反其道而行之。隨著高哲恆將於2023年2月卸任總裁一職轉而擔任公司顧 問，陳志玲將在現任副主席、首席營運總裁的基礎上接任澳門總裁一職。 這或許能證明，世易時移，唯一不變的就是變化本身。