Global casino operator MGM Resorts International, the parent of Macau-based MGM China Holdings Ltd, has appointed Ayesha Molino (pictured) as the group’s chief operating officer (COO), with effect from January 1, 2026. Ms Molino is currently president and COO of ARIA and Vdara, two of the group’s properties in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States. She has also been serving – since January 2017 – as MGM Resorts’ chief public affairs officer, and has been a non-executive director of MGM China since August 6, 2020. Mr Fritz, until now president of MGM Resorts’ interactive business, will assume his new role immediately, as per the update. MGM Resorts is also part of the consortium developing MGM Osaka, Japan’s first integrated resort (IR) with casino.