Akiko Takahashi
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Melco Resorts
Melco’s Executive VP and Chief Officer of HR and Corporate Social Responsibility is a close confidante of Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho. With a background in hospitality, she survived the purge of senior executives in 2017 – a testament to the light in which she is viewed by the boss.
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