{"id":777047794,"date":"2026-09-24T09:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777047794"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:48:55","slug":"sands-china-adds-former-cisco-executive-to-board-after-strasser-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sands-china-adds-former-cisco-executive-to-board-after-strasser-exit","title":{"rendered":"Sands China adds former Cisco executive to board after Strasser exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Steven Zygmunt Strasser has left the board after more than 13 years as a director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Sands China<\/strong> has appointed former Cisco Greater China executive Siu Hera Kitwan<\/strong> to its board following Steven Zygmunt Strasser<\/strong>\u2019s departure after more than 13 years as a director. Siu will also serve on the company\u2019s audit committee as part of her new board role. Both appointments took effect on September 23, according to the company\u2019s filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siu, 67, was chief executive officer of Cisco Systems in Greater China before retiring from the company in 2020. She currently serves as a non-executive director of Goodyear and as an independent director of ASMPT and Vallourec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siu\u2019s appointment is for an unspecified term, subject to the company\u2019s requirement for directors to retire by rotation and seek re-election at least once every three years. Sands China said she will receive about US$270,000 a year in director\u2019s fees, with no additional fee for serving on the audit committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sands China said Strasser, who joined the company on May 31, 2013, stepped down from the board and his committee roles to devote more time to personal engagements. Chung Kit Yi Kitty<\/strong>, an existing independent non-executive director and audit committee member, has taken over as chairlady of the remuneration committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strasser will continue working with Sands China as a consultant alongside the company\u2019s senior management. Sands China\u2019s current board comprises two executive directors, two non-executive directors and five independent non-executive directors following the changes. The company operates integrated resorts in Macao and is a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands Corp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Las Vegas Sands raises Sands China stake<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steven Zygmunt Strasser has left the board after more than 13 years as a director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":16121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Sands China has appointed Siu Hera Kitwan, a former Cisco Greater China executive, to its board of directors and audit committee, following the departure of Steven Zygmunt Strasser after 13 years. Strasser will transition to a consultant role, while Siu's appointment, effective September 23, strengthens the board's independent non-executive composition and governance framework. This change impacts the strategic oversight of the Macau integrated resort operator, a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands Corp.","focusai_entities":"Steven Zygmunt Strasser, Sands China, Siu Hera Kitwan, Cisco Systems, Goodyear, ASMPT, Vallourec, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Chung Kit Yi Kitty, Las Vegas Sands Corp.","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong, Greater China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.8), tech_data (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Siu's Strategic Impact?","query":"What specific strategic shifts or enhanced governance capabilities might Sands China anticipate from Siu Hera Kitwan's extensive background in technology and diverse board experience?"},{"label":"Governance Framework Evolution?","query":"How does the revised board composition, particularly the balance of executive and independent non-executive directors, strengthen Sands China's corporate governance framework and oversight in the current regulatory climate?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[29,24619,257],"class_list":["post-777047794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-finance","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047794","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777047794"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777047802,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047794\/revisions\/777047802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777047794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777047794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777047794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}