{"id":777001254,"date":"2023-01-02T08:59:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T11:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001254"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:51:14","slug":"wynn-macau-appoints-ellen-whittemore-as-non-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wynn-macau-appoints-ellen-whittemore-as-non-executive-director","title":{"rendered":"Wynn Macau appoints Ellen Whittemore as non-executive director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

She takes up the role after Matthew O. Maddox’s tenure ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The board of directors of Wynn Macau<\/strong> has announced that Ellen F. Whittemore<\/strong> has been appointed as a non-executive director<\/strong> of the company with effect from January 1. Matthew O. Maddox<\/strong>‘s tenure as a non-executive director of Wynn Macau and directors of certain subsidiaries of the company ended on December 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittemore, aged 66, has been the executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Wynn Resorts since July 2018.\u00a0Prior to joining Wynn Resorts, She was a shareholder of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP from November 2016 to July 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From February 2014 to November 2016, Ms. Whittemore served as the sole manager of the Whittemore Gaming Group, LLC. From October 2002 to February 2014, Whittemore served as Of Counsel in the Las Vegas office of the law firm Lionel Sawyer & Collins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whittemore graduated with a BS from the University of Nevada, Reno and received her JS from the University of San Diego School of Law. She is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMr Maddox has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board and there is no matter relating to his resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders,\u201d Wynn Macau said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wynn Macau\u2019s board of executive directors currently includes Craig S. Billings<\/strong> as chief executive officer, Linda Chen<\/strong> as vice chairman of the board, Ian Michael Coughlan<\/strong> as president and Frederic Luvisutto<\/strong> as chief operating officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Wynn Macau announces capital restructuring<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She takes up the role after Matthew O. Maddox’s tenure ended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":25243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Wynn Macau has announced the appointment of Ellen F. Whittemore as a non-executive director, effective January 1, succeeding Matthew O. Maddox. Ms. Whittemore brings extensive legal and corporate governance experience, having previously served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Wynn Resorts. This board transition is noted to be without disagreement, reinforcing corporate stability.","focusai_entities":"Wynn Macau, Ellen F. Whittemore, Matthew O. Maddox, Wynn Resorts, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, Whittemore Gaming Group, LLC, Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Craig S. Billings, Linda Chen, Ian Michael Coughlan, Frederic Luvisutto, University of Nevada, Reno, University of San Diego School of Law, United States Supreme Court","focusai_location":"Macau, Las Vegas, Nevada, San Diego, United States","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Whittemore's Governance Impact","query":"How might Ellen F. Whittemore's extensive legal and corporate governance background influence Wynn Macau's strategic approach to regulatory compliance and risk management within the evolving Macau gaming market?"},{"label":"Board Succession Implications","query":"What are the broader implications for Wynn Macau's corporate stability and investor confidence following the non-executive director transition, particularly given the explicit statement of no disagreement with the Board?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[20777],"class_list":["post-777001254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-wynn-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001254","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777001254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001263,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001254\/revisions\/777001263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777001254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}