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 Carnival
Corporation & plc appointed David Dingle to chairman of Carnival UK, and David
Noyes, currently EVP operations, has been promoted to the CEO role, with
operating responsibility for the UK-based brands P&O Cruises and Cunard Line.
Dingle and Noyes will take up their new roles on Oct. 1, and will both report to
Carnival Corporation & plc president and CEO Arnold Donald.
“This move allows us to strengthen further our overall leadership in the
critically important UK marketplace, while also promoting from within to
leverage the skills, experience and capabilities of our executive team,” Donald
said.
Dingle, who became CEO in 2007, joined P&O Cruises in London in 1978 where,
after holding a series of commercial positions, he became managing director in
2000. At the time of the merger of P&O Princess Cruises plc and the Carnival
Corporation in April 2003, he became managing director of Carnival UK.
Noyes joined Carnival UK in 2011, in his current position. Prior to joining
Carnival, he worked in the UK travel industry for 25 years, mainly with British
Airways, where he was responsible for BA’s worldwide customer services
operation, and latterly with Gray Dawes Travel as CEO.
Elaine Holt will join Carnival UK on Oct. 1 as David Noyes’ replacement as EVP
operations following a career in the rail, road and airline industries. She has
led a series of programs as executive chairman of East Coast Mainline and before
that as managing director of First Capital Connect. Most recently she has acted
as a non executive director of the Highways Agency.
Dingle is a former President of The UK Chamber of Shipping and the European
Cruise Council (now CLIA Europe) and continues to serve on the boards of both
groups. In 2009, he joined the board of the European Community Shipowners
Association. He previously served as a director of the Association of British
Travel Agents and The UK Passenger Shipping Association. |
