Melco Crown Entertainment Limited announced the appointment of Mr. John William Crawford, JP as an Independent Non-Executive Director (INED) of MCE. Mr. Crawford will also become a member of each of the audit & risk committee, compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee of MCE with immediate effect. Mr. Crawford has been the Managing Director of Crawford Consultants Limited and International Quality Education Limited since 1997 and 2002, respectively. Mr. Crawford has served as an INED and chairman of the audit committee of Regal Portfolio Management Limited of Regal REIT since November 2006 and as an INED of Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc. since November 2007. In February 2012, Mr. Crawford was appointed as a member of the conflicts committee of Macau Studio City. Mr. Crawford previously served as an INED and chairman of the audit committee of other companies publicly listed in Hong Kong, the most recent of which was E-Kong Group Limited until June 8, 2015. MCE also announced that Mr. James Andrew Charles MacKenzie has tendered his resignation with effect as of February 1, 2017 as an INED of MCE. Mr. MacKenzie was appointed as an INED of MCE on April 24, 2008 and currently serves as the chairman of MCE's audit & risk committee. At the Company's request, Mr. MacKenzie has agreed to continue to serve as INED and chairman of MCE's audit & risk committee until February 1, 2017 so as to assist MCE in the transition of his responsibilities. Upon the effectiveness of Mr. MacKenzie's resignation on February 1, 2017, Mr. Alec Yiu Wa Tsui, an INED of MCE since December 18, 2006 and chairman of nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of audit & risk committee and compensation committee, will assume the role of audit & risk committee chairman. Additionally, MCE announced that Mr. Robert Wason Mactier has tendered his resignation with immediate effect. Mr. Mactier was appointed as an INED of MCE on December 18, 2006 and served as a member of MCE's compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee.