The world’s largest cruise line Carnival Cruise Line appointed Ron L. Phillips on the position as Senior Vice President of Human Resources – Office of People and Potential. Phillips will oversee shoreside and shipboard human resources for, including talent acquisition, talent management, leadership development, human capital planning, employee engagement, compensation and benefits, and performance management. His roll is effective from October 19 and will report to Christine Duffy Carnival President.
His 20 years of HR experience include recently serving as Chief Human Resources Officer for New York Presbyterian Hospital, which encompasses seven major hospitals, 23,000 employees and 6,000 affiliated physicians. Prior to that he spent eight years in human resource roles at Comcast, eventually rising to the position of Senior Vice President of Human Resources. He has also served in HR roles at Ryder Transportation and McDonald’s Corporation.
“Ron brings a wealth of HR experience to his new role and we look forward to his leadership skills as we work toward continued unification of our shipboard and shoreside HR functions and strive to provide an exceptional workplace for our more than 38,000 employees worldwide,” said Duffy.
Phillips has a B.S. degree from Virginia State University and a Law Degree from the University of Richmond.
