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Remco Buis was promoted to a new role at Carnival Corp., with Emiel de Vries elevated to take up Buis' his former Princess Cruises position, while Renata Ribeiro became chief of staff to Carnival Corp. CEO Josh Weinstein, and Giana (Fernandez) Rotter, former chief of staff, got a new assignment.
Buis is now SVP global ports and destinations, reporting to Chief Maritime Officer Lars Ljoen, and backfilling a role that was held by Ribeiro. In becoming chief of staff to Weinstein, Ribeiro is focused on business transformation, including AI strategy, as SVP. Rotter is now SVP crew lifecycle management, working for Carnival Corp. Chief HR Officer Bettina Deynes. At Princess, De Vries moved up from VP marine and port operations to SVP maritime operations.
"Great companies don't just attract great talent, they develop it," Weinstein said. "We have an exceptional bench of proven leaders like Remco, Renata and Giana who've earned the opportunity to take on bigger challenges and stretch into new parts of our business to build the perspective, experience and judgment to keep growing. The more opportunities we create for talented people, the stronger our team, our company and our future become."
Now responsible for Carnival Corp.'s global ports and destinations development, Buis was previously SVP maritime operations at Princess for nearly four years. Before that he was chief operating officer of Yusen Terminals in Los Angeles. He's a Carnival Corp. veteran, earlier working at Hamburg-based Carnival Maritime in positions that included SVP in marine operations and port operations and development.
Among his prior jobs: director of commercial homeport operations for Carnival Cruise Line and senior manager - West Coast development for Carnival Corp.'s global ports and destinations group (which he now heads), working with the Long Beach Cruise Terminal.
Earlier, Buis was director of strategic planning at Worldwide Sourcing Group and superintendent of operations for Metropolitan Stevedore Co. in Long Beach. He began his career at sea with Holland America Line.
Previously, as SVP strategic operations, Ribeiro oversaw global ports and destinations development, global connectivity, commercial strategy and strategic projects. She managed seven Caribbean destinations and the company's Barcelona and Tenerife cruise terminals and was responsible for the design, development, start-up and operations of Celebration Key and RelaxAway, Half Moon Cay.
Now, as chief of staff for Weinstein, Ribeiro will help drive strategic priorities into execution in areas ranging from cost containment to AI strategy. She has a history of working closely with Weinstein when he was COO, and led a number of corporate projects.
Before Carnival Corp., Ribeiro spent a dozen years at Carnival Cruise Line in areas ranging from guest experience to fleet deployment, guest commerce and, ultimately, SVP destination development and shore excursions.
Earlier work was at Natura & Co., Boston Consulting Group and Booz & Co., all based in São Paulo, Brazil.
In her more than a decade at Carnival Corp., Rotter most recently served as chief of staff to the CEO the past two years. It is a position the company periodically rotates.
Rotter's new SVP role in HR oversees crew lifecycle management.
Before becoming chief of staff, Rotter was SVP business planning and innovation, including managing Princess Cruises' return to profitability and service post-pandemic. Earlier, as VP strategy and operations, she was involved in innovating guest experiences as part of the company's global experience and innovations team.
Rotter came to Carnival in 2016 as a senior director following nearly 10 years with Accenture where she worked on large retail transformations.
De Vries, who steps into maritime leadership as SVP at Princess, has been with the line as VP marine and port operations for three years. This followed more than a dozen years at Holland America Line, first as captain of several ships including serving as on-site captain at Fincantieri during Koningsdam's construction.
Later, shoreside based in Seattle, de Vries was fleet captain then, for Holland America Group shared services (including Princess), director of safety operations and senior director, safety and ISM compliance.