Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JAPAN NOV 2021 60 1-10 PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sands China 社長兼業務執行役員 サンズ・チャイナ CLAIMS TO FAME 評価理由 POWER SCORE パワースコア : 1,689 POSITION LAST YEAR 昨年の順位 : 10 Experienced government and political operator with mainland China connections Extensive work in property development • • • • 中国本土にコネクションを持つ、経験豊富な役所および政界関係の策士 不動産開発での広範にわたる実績 WILFRED WONG ウィルフレッド・ウォン（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