{"id":7188,"date":"2020-06-10T20:52:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T20:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=7188"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:32:46","slug":"sjm-new-coo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sjm-new-coo","title":{"rendered":"SJM appoints new COO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Irish executive Frank McFadden has been named Gaming and Hospitality COO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.- Longstanding Irish executive Frank McFadden has been named Gaming and Hospitality COO at <strong><em>SJM Holdings Limited<\/em><\/strong>.with immediate effect. He replaces Louis Ng Chi Sing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news comes as Daisy Ho Chiu Fung takes the helm as executive director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was also selected as chairman of the company at the annual board meeting this week. That role had also been held by <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sjm-casino-management\">Louis Ng Chi Sing<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, who will remain a non-executive director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ng Chi Sing was also chief operating officer (COO) of SJM and the filings sent to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited did not made clear who would be replacing the veteran casino exec in that position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank McFadden joined SJM in 2006 and had been working as president for business development. Gambling insider reports the news was communicated through a memo signed by Daisy Ho, who said McFadden will mainly be responsible for operations at Grand Lisboa, Hotel Lisboa, Ponte 16 and Jai Alai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irish executive Frank McFadden has been named Gaming and Hospitality COO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7189,"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 Holdings Limited has announced a significant leadership transition, appointing Frank McFadden as Gaming and Hospitality COO and Daisy Ho Chiu Fung as Executive Director and Chairman. These appointments follow the departure of Louis Ng Chi Sing from his executive roles, though he will remain a non-executive director. McFadden, previously President for Business Development, will oversee key operational assets including Grand Lisboa and Hotel Lisboa.","focusai_entities":"Frank McFadden, SJM Holdings Limited, Louis Ng Chi Sing, Daisy Ho Chiu Fung, Grand Lisboa, Hotel Lisboa, Ponte 16, Jai Alai, Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, Gambling insider","focusai_location":"Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on SJM Strategy?","query":"How might the new executive leadership, particularly the COO's operational focus, influence SJM Holdings' strategic direction and market share within Macau's competitive gaming vertical?"},{"label":"Governance Framework Changes?","query":"What implications do these board and C-suite appointments have for SJM Holdings' corporate governance framework and its adherence to regulatory compliance standards?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[29,6942],"class_list":["post-7188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-sjm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7188"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010385,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7188\/revisions\/777010385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}