Carnival Corporation & plc announced today that Renata Ribeiro, senior vice president of strategic operations, takes the lead of global port & destination development and legendary Giora Israel remains active, transitioning to new role advising leadership team.

Giora Israel, who has led global port and destination development for 14 years will move to a new role as senior advisor to the company. Israel, one of the cruising industry's most regarded, compelling, and inventive pioneers, will stay dynamic in giving vital approach and operational direction to Ribeiro and the authority team.

For the last two years Ribeiro has been senior vice president overseeing operations strategy for the corporation, managing strategic business transformation and operational initiatives. During that time, Ribeiro played an essential leadership part in the operational restart of the company's journey line brands after an amplified pandemic-related pause.

She was instrumental in re-establishing access to key global ports, including helping Carnival Corporation and its brands navigate complex and dynamic travel restrictions and protocols around the world. Ribeiro also has been leading efforts to optimize the global bandwidth connectivity footprint for the corporation's fleet around the world.

"Renata has the perfect combination of global operations experience and strategic management consulting expertise, making her the ideal leader to continue advancing our involvement in ports and destinations, including many of the more than 700 ports worldwide we already visit," said Josh Weinstein, chief operations officer for Carnival Corporation. 

"With her proven leadership record across various commercial and operational roles, and her exceptional talent for seizing new opportunities, Renata will be invaluable in helping us extend our legacy of global port development that diversify our cruise offerings and enhance the overall vacation experience for our guests, while creating positive economic impacts in the local communities we visit and serve around the world."

Ribeiro will support a talented group of leaders in port development and operations including:

•David Candib, VP Global Ports and Destinations Development, who leads the company's port and destination development initiatives in the Americas region, and oversees six company-operated ports in the Americas

•Michel Nestour, VP, EuroMed Port Development, who leads our port development and operations in the EuroMed region and the Arabian Gulf

•Marie McKenzie, VP, Global Ports & Carib Government Relations, who leads government relations in the Caribbean and Central America

•Gisella Mazzilli, VP, Finance & Accounting, the Global Ports and Destinations Group CFO