RWS hires Singapore Business Federation chief, MBS casino veteran
Claudia Chong
RESORTS World Sentosa (RWS) on Friday (Oct 28) said that Lam Yi Young, currently the chief executive officer of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), will be its deputy chief executive officer (CEO) in the new year.
Lam, who has spent 11 years in senior public-sector leadership positions, joins RWS on Jan 1, and will assume the post upon passing a suitability assessment by the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore.
RWS, which is operated by Genting Singapore, also announced the appointment of Andrew MacDonald as chief casino officer. MacDonald, who was appointed on Sep 1, has more than four decades of experience in the gaming industry.
He was the corporate senior vice-president and chief casino officer of Las Vegas Sands, and the executive vice-president of casino at Marina Bay Sands.
A spokesperson from SBF said of Lam: “Yi Young has worked tirelessly through the Covid-19 pandemic to build a stronger SBF to better support businesses, and to foster greater collaboration among our members. We thank Yi Young for his contributions. SBF is finalising the details of the CEO succession and will share the details in due course.”
Genting’s counter ended trading at S$0.785 on Friday, down S$0.005 or 0.63 per cent.
