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FCCA Operations Committee Names New Chairman

December 20, 2016

Carlos Torres de Navarra (Photo: FCCA)
Carlos Torres de Navarra (Photo: FCCA)

The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) announced the appointment of the new FCCA Operations Committee Chairman, Carlos Torres de Navarra, vice president of strategic and commercial port development, Carnival Cruise Line, effective January 1, 2017.

 
Torres de Navarra oversees the strategic planning and execution with respect to port development and port-related commercial agreements. He also works with Carnival Corporation brands and destination stakeholders to optimize port strategies, and agreements as well as planning long-term strategies across regions.
 
Prior to joining Carnival Cruise Line, he spent five and half years at Carnival Corporation in the Global Port and Destination Development Department, where he assisted the operating brands in the ever-growing area of port development, including offering new product deployment opportunities in areas such as Mexico, Baja, Caribbean and select U.S. Ports.
 
Before joining Carnival Corporation, he spent close to seven years with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. as Assistant Treasurer involved in business development, liquidity and capital planning, financial risk management, acquisitions, as well as port development.
 
Previously he spent over six years at W.R. Grace, a worldwide specialty chemical company, as Manager of International Finance, responsible for subsidiary capital planning and structuring for numerous subsidiaries in over 50 countries and two years at Bank of America in its corporate credit department.
 
Outside of Carnival, he serves on the Supply Chain Management Advisory Committee at Miami Dade College and the School of Business, which helps develop tomorrow's trade and logistics professionals today.
 

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