MIAMI, Sept. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival
Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK), one of
the world's largest leisure travel companies, today announced
the appointment of Peter
Hutchison as senior vice president, deputy chief
ethics and compliance officer, effective Sept. 25, 2020. Hutchison will report directly
to Peter C. Anderson, chief ethics and compliance
officer.
Serving for the past three years as vice president,
governance, at Carnival UK, Hutchison will play an
integral role in supporting the overall implementation of
the ethics and compliance program with primary responsibility for
overseeing and further improving the investigative function for
incidents involving health, environment, safety and security
(HESS).
Drawing upon his broad experience, as the new deputy chief
Hutchison will also oversee compliance risk activities, facilitate
open communications across the company's cruise line brands,
monitor local program implementation, advocate for appropriate
systems and processes to improve program oversight, and will
spearhead important program initiatives.
More specifically, as the new leader of Carnival Corporation's
incident analysis group, Hutchison will be responsible for all
efforts to investigate certain Health, Environmental, Safety and
Security issues – including near misses. He will also
manage the team of investigators, and assist in
improving the investigative functions throughout the entire
organization.
"Peter Hutchison has a rare
combination of skills and experience that will enable us to further
strengthen our investigations function," said Arnold Donald, president and CEO of Carnival
Corporation. "Not only will he help us get better at identifying
the root causes of incidents, Peter will also help ensure that
the lessons learned will be shared broadly throughout our
organization."
Anderson added, "This is yet another step in our continuing
effort to build a world-class compliance program. We are thrilled
to have Peter join our team."
Hutchison began his career as a deck cadet in 1996 with P&O
Cruises, serving at sea for 14 years, including positions at
Princess Cruises, P&O Australia and Cunard. Since 2010,
Hutchison has served within various shore-side management
positions in the areas of HESS compliance, including
positions supporting the company's policy development, internal
audits and investigations. He previously served as manager,
investigations, at Holland America Line and director of marine
investigations for Carnival Corporation. From 2013 to 2017,
Hutchison worked at a maritime law firm and a ship management
company, both based in London.
Since returning to Carnival UK in 2017, Hutchison has
held the position of vice president, governance, at Carnival
UK, leading the International Safety Management code (ISM)
and HESS teams.
Hutchison is a master mariner and holds a
diploma in nautical science from Glasgow College of
Nautical Studies in Scotland and has attended the
Applied Marine Accident Investigation course at Cranfield
University, England.
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