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Leadership · Fri 7 Aug · 3 min read
Light & Wonder puts a managing director in Macau
What happened
Light & Wonder has appointed Mike Smith as managing director for Asia, effective October 1. Smith is an internal promotion, moving from his current role as vice president of global commercial strategy for tables. He will relocate physically to Macau, placing Light & Wonder's senior Asia leadership inside the world's largest gaming revenue market.
Why it matters
Sources: GGRAsia
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