MIAMI, Jan. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's
largest leisure travel company, today announced the appointment of
Heidi M. Barker as vice president of
corporate communications in the ethics and compliance department.
Based at the company's headquarters in Miami, Barker will report to Carnival
Corporation Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer Peter Anderson, starting in March.
Barker joins the company wide
ethics and compliance team led by Anderson, which was formed last
year to help ensure a culture of compliance, learning and integrity
inside Carnival Corporation and across its nine global cruise line
brands. The program's goals are to meet or exceed all legal
and statutory requirements, as well as to promote the highest
ethical principles.
In this newly created position, Barker will lead all ethics and
compliance communications for Carnival Corporation, including the
key focus areas of health, environment, safety, security, culture
and training, among others. As part of this role, she will
coordinate compliance-related communications across the
organization, working closely with Roger
Frizzell, the corporation's chief communications officer,
and the compliance and communications teams within the company's
nine cruise brands.
Additionally, Barker will oversee communications for Operation
Oceans Alive, Carnival Corporation's environmental commitment and
stewardship program, officially launched in 2018. Designed to
promote a culture of transparency, learning and commitment within
the corporation, Operation Oceans Alive ensures that all employees
receive environmental education, training and oversight, while
continuing the company's commitment to protecting the oceans, seas
and destinations in which it operates.
"With over 150,000 dedicated employees representing nearly 150
countries, it is imperative that we effectively communicate and
work together to execute our commitment to safety, environmental
protection and overall compliance across our nine global cruise
line brands," said Anderson. "We need to reach the hearts and minds
of all stakeholders, and Heidi brings valuable experience and
insights to Carnival Corporation from decades of communications and
journalism work that will support our effort to build a
world-class, enduring culture of compliance."
Added Anderson: "We look forward to her playing a critical role
in our mission to do the right things, in the right ways and for
the right reasons."
Barker brings over 25 years of experience and senior leadership
in corporate communications and broadcast journalism to Carnival
Corporation. Most recently, Barker served as chief communications
officer at Cleveland Avenue LLC, a food and beverage venture
capital and consulting firm in Chicago, where she built the startup's
communication function from inception, designing it to include
corporate narrative and messaging platforms, internal and external
communications, and an integrated social media presence.
Prior to her role at Cleveland Avenue, Barker was vice president
of global media relations and issues management for McDonald's
Corporation, advising C-suite executives on brand-impacting
issues, and leading a team responsible for boosting and
protecting the company's corporate reputation with influential
journalists and stakeholders across a broad spectrum of media and
social channels. Previously, Barker served as senior director,
global external communications for McDonald's, managing global
media and aligning strategic messaging throughout the company.
Before joining McDonald's, Barker spent 10 years as a producer
for NBC News, including two years as a rotational senior producer
for "NBC Nightly News." Barker began her career in broadcast
journalism working as an anchor/reporter/producer for ABC, NBC and
FOX affiliates, where she honed her media skills and gained
valuable experience in crisis and issues management.
A graduate of Northwestern University's
Medill School of Journalism, Barker has earned two Emmy
nominations and several Edward R. Murrow Awards, among other
journalism awards. She currently serves as an emeritus member on
the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Chicago, and is a former advisor to ColorComm
Network, the only professional organization focused on advancing
the visibility of women of color in communications.
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
254,000 lower berths visiting over 700 ports around the world, with
16 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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