Heaney Appointed Chief Financial Officer at Carnival Cruise Line
MIAMI (May 27, 2015) –
James Heaney, an experienced financial executive with more than 25 years
in the cruise and hospitality industries, has been named senior vice president
and chief financial officer for Miami-based Carnival Cruise Line, the world’s
largest cruise operator.
In this capacity,
Heaney will be responsible for all of the company’s financial, accounting and
information technology functions. He joins Carnival June 22 reporting to
President Christine Duffy.
“Jim is the ideal
candidate for this role, previously holding key leadership positions in a wide
range of well-known cruise and hospitality brands, as well as global experience
in finance, revenue management, IT and travel operations, all of which will be
a tremendous asset to our company,” Duffy said.
Before joining
Carnival, Heaney spent three years as CFO for SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.,
responsible for overseeing the company’s financial organization. He
previously held a number of executive financial positions, including CFO and
senior vice president of finance and travel operations, at Disney Cruise Line
where he worked for 17 years. Prior to that, Heaney held various financial
posts at Royal Caribbean Cruises, as well as Pueblo International, which
operated a large Florida-based grocery store chain, and Gould, Inc., a
manufacturer of super mini-computers used primarily for military application.
Heaney earned a
bachelor’s of science in business administration from Texas Tech University as
well as a master’s of business administration from the University of Florida.
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About Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;
NYSE: CUK),
is "The World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 24 ships operating
three- to 16-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska,
Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the
Pacific Islands. The company currently has two 133,500-ton ships on order
- Carnival Vista, scheduled to enter service in 2016, and an as-yet-unnamed
vessel set to debut in 2018.
