MIAMI, Jan. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) today
announced that on January 14, 2019,
Katie Lahey, executive chair,
Australasia, for Korn Ferry, has
been appointed to the company's boards of directors, effective
immediately. The announcement was made following the meeting of the
company's boards of directors held yesterday in Miami, Florida.
In addition to her seven-year role with leadership and talent
firm, Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY), Lahey
is also chairman of the Tourism & Transport Forum Australia,
and a non-executive director of Star Entertainment Group (ASX:
SGR). She previously served as executive chair of Carnival
Australia, a division of Carnival plc, from 2006 to 2013.
Katie's board experience spans 25 years, with outstanding
networks at the highest levels of government and business
throughout Australia and
New Zealand. She was named one of
Australia's 50 Most Powerful Women
in Business by The Australian magazine in 2015. A seasoned
executive with 30 years of experience in tourism, government,
retail, talent sourcing, cultural transformation and the arts,
Lahey will serve in a non-executive capacity on Carnival
Corporation's 12-member boards of directors. She will also serve on
the Audit Committees.
"We are very pleased to welcome Katie who brings an
extraordinary record of achievement and deep expertise in tourism,
government, retail and entertainment to our boards of directors,"
said Micky Arison, Carnival
Corporation & plc chairman. "Katie previously held chief
executive roles in the public and private sectors and is also a
strong advocate for greater representation of women in executive
roles. We are looking forward to working closely with her."
As Executive Chairman, Australasia, for Korn Ferry, Lahey has P&L responsibility for
Australia and New Zealand, which has grown under her
leadership. She oversaw the integration of the Hay Consulting Group
in Australasia, which was acquired by Korn
Ferry in 2016. Previously she was CEO of the Business
Council of Australia, State
Chamber of Commerce, Sydney City Council and, Chairman and CEO of
the Victorian Tourism Commission. Lahey earned a Master of Business
Administration from Melbourne
University Business School.
In addition, the boards announced that Jason Glenn Cahilly will step down from his
position as a member of the Audit Committees to accept the
appointment to the Health, Environmental, Safety & Security
Committees of the boards effective April 1,
2019.
There is no other information required to be disclosed pursuant
to LR9.6.13R in respect of Lahey.
About Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival
Corporation & plc is the world's largest leisure travel company
and among the most profitable and financially strong in the cruise
and vacation industries, with a portfolio of nine of the world's
leading cruise lines. With operations in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia, its portfolio features Carnival Cruise
Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, P&O
Cruises (Australia), Costa
Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (UK) and Cunard.
Together, the corporation's cruise lines operate 105 ships with
242,000 lower berths visiting over 700 ports around the world, with
20 new ships scheduled to be delivered through 2025. Carnival
Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Princess Alaska
Tours, the leading tour company in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both
the New York and London Stock
Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the only group in the
world to be included in both the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100
indices.
With a long history of innovation and providing guests with
extraordinary vacation experiences, Carnival Corporation has
received thousands of industry awards – including recognition by
the Consumer Technology Association™ as a CES® 2019 Innovation
Awards Honoree for OceanMedallion™. A revolutionary wearable device
that contains a proprietary blend of communication technologies,
OceanMedallion enables the world's first interactive guest
experience platform transforming vacation travel on a large scale
into a highly personalized level of customized service. The
prestigious CES Innovation Awards honor outstanding design and
engineering in consumer technology products.
Additional information can be found on www.carnival.com,
www.princess.com, www.hollandamerica.com, www.seabourn.com,
www.pocruises.com.au, www.costacruise.com, www.aida.de,
www.pocruises.com, and www.cunard.com.
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