MIAMI, June 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal
Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) announced today that Silvia Garrigo will join the company
June 28 as Senior Vice President and
Chief Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Officer, reporting
to Chairman and CEO Richard
Fain.
"I am thrilled to have Silvia join to help us continue our
leadership and commitment to ESG," said Fain. "Silvia has
advised several companies on purpose-driven and practical ESG
strategies and programs, and she understands the interplay of
legal, geo-political, social and environmental issues in a global
business context. Bringing her to Royal Caribbean Group affirms our
commitment to going above and beyond for the health and success of
our planet and our people."
Royal Caribbean Group is the first in the cruise industry to
name a senior leader dedicated specifically to these efforts,
demonstrating Royal Caribbean Group's "pioneering spirit and
leadership in the cruise industry and how we hold ourselves to a
higher standard," according to Fain.
Garrigo will be responsible for overseeing a companywide ESG
framework and a long-term strategy for Royal Caribbean Group to
support the company's core business objectives as well as for
developing strategic partnerships and relationships with
stakeholders. In partnership with the leadership team, she will
also lead the integration of environmental and social issues into
the company's governance and enterprise risk management.
"I share Richard's and the executive committee's values and
vision of continuous improvement and am honored to be part of a
company culture that has demonstrated resilience and determination
to come back stronger," Garrigo said. "We are facing increasing
expectations for ESG performance and reporting, and I am excited to
join a team that already has a very strong record of ESG work and a
longstanding commitment to making a positive difference."
With experience providing legal and sustainability counsel to
senior executives of global publicly held companies, Garrigo joins
the Royal Caribbean Group from Millicom International, where she
was responsible for developing and executing Millicom's global
environmental, social and governance, and social investment
strategy. Prior to that, Garrigo was senior legal and
sustainability counsel for Morrison Foerster and Cuba Strategies
Inc. And for more than a decade, she held various executive and
senior legal positions at Chevron Corp., where she guided the
company on corporate responsibility policies and practices as well
as shareholder engagement on ESG issues.
Garrigo serves on the Advisory Board of the University of California Berkeley Boalt Law
School's Business and Society Institute; the University of Miami Business School's Advisory
Board; the American Bar Association's Human Rights Working Group;
and the United Nations' Global Compact, Human Rights Working Group.
She earned a Juris Doctor from the University
of Miami School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
from Boston College.
About Royal Caribbean Group
Royal Caribbean
Group is the operating business name for Royal Caribbean
Cruises Ltd. Royal Caribbean Group is the owner and operator of
three global cruise vacation brands: Royal Caribbean International,
Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises. Royal Caribbean
Group is also a 50% owner of a joint venture that operates TUI
Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. Together, the brands operate 59
ships with an additional 15 on order as of March 15, 2021. Learn more at
www.royalcaribbeangroup.com or www.rclinvestor.com.
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