{"id":10141,"date":"2020-09-20T00:33:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T00:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=10141"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:42:22","slug":"sjm-appoints-two-former-sands-execs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sjm-appoints-two-former-sands-execs","title":{"rendered":"SJM appoints two former Sands execs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Benjamin Toh and Daniel Shim join SJM as chief operating officer and\u00a0chief corporate affairs officer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The chairman of SJM&#8217;s board, Daisy Ho, has sent an internal memo welcoming former Sands\u2019 executives Benjamin Toh and Daniel Shim to its team as of today (Monday).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toh has been appointed as chief operating officer, while Shim will join the operator as its chief corporate affairs officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toh served as Dands China\u2019s chief finance officer (CFO) and executive vice President between 2010 and 2016, before joining Shangri-la Asia as CFO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shim served as Las Vegas Sands\u2019 senior vice president of human resources in Asia between 2007 and 2010, before taking up the same position at MTR Corporation in the same position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SJM is restructuring following the death of Stanley Ho ahead of the opening of its new <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-grand-lisboa-palace-to-open-december-20\" target=\"_blank\">Cotai property in December<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It recently incorporated <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sjm-new-coo\" target=\"_blank\">Frank McFadden as COO<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for gaming and hospitality, Bernard Yip as president for business development and Paul Hung as president for decurity, surveillance and ESG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Toh and Daniel Shim join SJM as chief operating officer and\u00a0chief corporate affairs officer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"SJM has appointed Benjamin Toh as Chief Operating Officer and Daniel Shim as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, both former Sands executives. 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