Executive Directors
(Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)
(President and Managing Director)
Independent Non-executive Directors
Mr. Lawrence Ho Yau Lung
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Lawrence Ho is the Chairman and CEO of Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (Nasdaq: MLCO) and Melco International Development Limited (HKEx: 200). He oversees the companies’ 21st century vision and strategy, forging the way ahead in global gaming and entertainment.
Taking over Melco International in 2001, Lawrence commenced a decade-long transformation of the business into a truly pioneering leisure and entertainment group. He founded Melco Resorts & Entertainment in 2004, with a clear vision to create a brand-new style of integrated resorts. Melco’s portfolio has gone on to win more Forbes and MICHELIN awards than any industry competitors, together with accolades normally reserved for cultural masterpieces such as TIME’s 100 Greatest Places, and Prix Versailles, the World Architecture and Design Award at UNESCO.
Initially, Melco launched Altira Macau, a boutique hotel and casino that focused on delivering its guests enhanced Forbes 5-star experiences. This was followed by City of Dreams in Macau, as a truly integrated resort that set new world standards in lifestyle and entertainment. City of Dreams quickly became the home to numerous MICHELIN-starred restaurants and gained global recognition for its extraordinary water-based extravaganza, The House of Dancing Water.
Lawrence then focused on expanding the Melco brand beyond Asia, introducing its destination concepts to fast-growing consumer segments around the world. In 2015, Studio City, a Hollywood-inspired resort that delivers unique and exciting guest experiences was launched, and in that same year the company opened City of Dreams Manila, raising the bar radically in terms of quality and excitement in the Philippines region.
Through a competitive global tendering process, 2017 saw Cyprus award Melco its first and only casino license. In the following year, Melco celebrated the grand opening of Morpheus, Macau’s newest iconic landmark designed by the late Zaha Hadid, at City of Dreams. Then in 2023, City of Dreams Mediterranean opened as Europe’s first and largest premier integrated resort. It was announced in 2024 that Melco is further partnering with John Keells Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka's largest listed conglomerate, for an integrated resort development in central Colombo – City of Dreams Sri Lanka.
Today, Melco destinations are internationally recognized for their singular focus on delivering imaginative and high-quality entertainment experiences and leading the industry’s shift towards truly diversified entertainment.
Lawrence is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and a member of the advisory committee of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. He was awarded the Medal of Merit-Tourism by the Macau SAR government for contributing to the territory's tourism and earned numerous awards including "Asia’s Best CEO" at the Asian Excellence Awards for the thirteenth time in 2024.
Mr. Evan Andrew WINKLER
Executive Director (President and Managing Director)
Mr. Winkler joined the Company as Managing Director in August 2016 and in May 2018, he assumed the role of President and Managing Director of the Company. Mr. Winkler is also a member of the Executive Committee, Regulatory Compliance Committee and Finance Committee and a director of various subsidiaries of the Company. He is currently a director and president of Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited, a company listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in the United States, and a director of Studio City International Holdings Limited, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the United States. Both of the aforesaid companies are subsidiaries of the Company.
Before joining the Company, Mr. Winkler served as a managing director at Moelis & Company, a global investment bank. Prior to that, he was a managing director and co-head of technology, media and telecommunications M&A at UBS Investment Bank. Mr. Winkler has extensive experience in providing senior level advisory services on mergers and acquisitions and other corporate finance initiatives, having spent nearly two decades working on Wall Street. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Chicago.
Mr. CHUNG Yuk Man, Clarence
Executive Director
Mr. Chung has been an Executive Director of the Company since May 2006. He is also a member of the Executive Committee and Finance Committee of the Company and a director of various subsidiaries of the Company. He is currently a director of Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited, a company listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in the United States, a director of Studio City International Holdings Limited, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and the chairman and president of Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corporation. All of the aforesaid companies are subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Chung has more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry in various capacities as a chief financial officer, an investment banker and a merger and acquisition specialist. He was named one of the “Asian Gaming 50” by Inside Asian Gaming magazine for multiple years.
Mr. Chung obtained a master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is also a member of Conselho para o Desenvolvimento Turístico (Tourism Development Committee) of the Macau SAR.
Mr. TSUI Che Yin, Frank
Independent Non-executive Director
Mr. Tsui was re-designated as an Independent Non-executive Director in July 2020. Before his re-designation, Mr. Tsui served as an Executive Director from November 2001 to June 2017 and a Non-executive Director from July 2017 to June 2020. He is also the Chairman of both the Remuneration Committee and Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of the Company. He is currently an independent non-executive director of Jinhui Holdings Company Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and a non-executive director of Jinhui Shipping and Transportation Limited, a company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Mr. Tsui has more than 30 years of experience in investment and banking industries and held senior management positions at various international financial institutions. Mr. Tsui was formerly the president of China Assets Investment Management Limited. Mr. Tsui graduated with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in business administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and with a law degree from The University of London. He also holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration from The University of Newcastle, Australia.
Mr. NG Ching Wo
Non-executive Director
Mr. Ng has been a Non-executive Director of the Company since September 2004. He is also the chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company. Mr. Ng is a partner of King & Wood Mallesons. Mr. Ng received his LL.B. degree in 1980 from the University of Alberta in Canada and was admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor in Alberta, Canada in 1981. He is qualified as a solicitor in both the United Kingdom and Hong Kong in 1986 and 1987, respectively. Mr. Ng’s practice focused primarily in the areas of cross-border, transactional, corporate and commercial work and he has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, take-overs of private and listed companies, cross-border initial public offerings, international tax planning, large-scale international joint ventures and technology transfers.
Mr. John William CRAWFORD, J.P.
Independent Non-executive Director
Mr. Crawford has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since September 2019. He is also the chairman of both the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company. He is also currently an independent non-executive director and the chairman of the audit and risk committee and a member of certain board committees of Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited, a listed subsidiary of the Company having its American depositary shares listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in the United States. He previously served as an independent non-executive director and the chairman of the audit and risk committee of Melco Resorts and Entertainment (Philippines) Corporation (a subsidiary of the Company) until his resignation on 29 October 2020. Mr. Crawford is also an independent non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Regal Portfolio Management Limited/Regal REIT, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and has been an independent non-executive director of E-Kong Group Limited and other companies publicly listed in Hong Kong over the years.
Mr. Crawford was one of the founders of Ernst & Young, Hong Kong office and vice-chairman of the firm when he retired at the end of 1997. During his 25 years in public practice, he was also the chairman of the audit division of Ernst & Young and was active in a number of large private and public company takeover and/or restructuring exercises. Since retirement, he has continued to undertake consultancy/advisory work in a private capacity, is active in the education sector through International Quality Education Limited and contributed to the development of kindergartens to Grade 12 schools in Asia. He also has been active in various community service areas such as having been a founding member of UNICEF Hong Kong Committee and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. In 1997, he was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong.
Mr. Crawford is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member and honorary president of the Macau Society of Certified Public Accountants and a life member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants...
Mr. Edward Chow Kwong Fai, J.P.
Independent Non-executive Director
Mr. Chow has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since June 2015. He is also the chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company. Mr. Chow is currently an independent non-executive director of CMB Wing Lung Bank Limited and chairman of its audit committee. He is also an independent non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited and an independent non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Huali University Group Limited, companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He was previously the chairman of CIG Yangtze Ports PLC, an independent non-executive director of COSCO Pacific Limited, China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. and an independent non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Redco Properties Group Limited, all of which are companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He was also a non-executive director of the Urban Renewal Authority and chairman of its finance committee.
Mr. Chow holds an honours bachelor’s degree in business studies from Middlesex University in the United Kingdom and is a fellow and former council member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, former chairman of its Commercial Board and a past president of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”). Before elected president, he chaired the HKICPA’s Corporate Governance Committee and Professional Accountants in Business Committee. He was a Deputy Chairman of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, the Chairman of the Professional Accountants in Business Committee of the International Federation of Accountants, an expert advisor of the Accounting Standards Committee of the Ministry of Finance, the People’s Republic of China and a member of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh Zhejiang Province Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Mr. Chow is currently a core member of the OECD/World Bank Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable, an advisor of the Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong, and a court and council member of The University of Hong Kong and chairman of its audit committee. Prior to entering the commercial sector, Mr. Chow spent 11 years working for two major accounting firms, Deloitte Haskins & Sells and Price Waterhouse (as they were then known), respectively in London and Hong Kong.
Ms. Karuna Evelyne SHINSHO
Independent Non-executive Director
Director Ms. Shinsho has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since August 2018. She is also a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company. Ms. Shinsho has extensive experience in the media industry in Japan, USA, Singapore and Hong Kong. From 1989 to 2001, she worked for NHK Television, Japan and New York, Asia Business News, Singapore and CNN International, Hong Kong, then in 2004 for Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Singapore, as an anchor and/or reporter. She was named “Highly Commended News Presenter/Anchor” at the Asian TV Awards in 1999.
Ms. Shinsho obtained a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs with a regional concentration in East Asia from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University in New York and a Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) in Political Science from the Institute of Comparative Culture, Sophia University in Japan.
