Seatrade Cruise News is part of the Informa Markets Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

Cruise luminary Kevin Sheehan lands as Scientific Games' ceo

c9a0ac89451808243ba410954169e380_XL
Kevin Sheehan (Photo: Meyer Werft)
Former chief executive Kevin Sheehan, credited with reviving Norwegian Cruise Line, taking it public and expanding it with the acquisition of Prestige Cruises, has joined Scientific Games Corp. as president and ceo. He'll also serve on the board.

Based in Las Vegas, Scientific Games is a leading developer of technology-based products and services and associated content for worldwide gaming, lottery and interactive markets. Publicly traded on the NASDAQ, the company today reported a narrowed second quarter loss of $51.7m on revenue of $729.2m, a 5% year-over-year increase.

'This is the right time to grow our leadership team and have someone of Kevin's talent, experience and financial acumen take us to the next phase of growth and innovation,' said Gavin Isaacs, vice chairman, Scientific Games.

Sheehan was president and ceo at Norwegian for seven years. He led the development and expansion of the company, presiding over strong sales and EBITDA growth and the company's initial public offering, one of the most successful IPOs in 2013.

He broadened Norwegian's reach with new classes of ships including branching into upper premium and luxury cruising with the acquisition of Prestige, parent of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.

Sheehan oversaw major initiatives including vastly improving on-board service and amenities across the fleet, expanding the line's European presence, repositioning two Hawaii-based ships to create a profitable business model and revitalizing top management with a combination of cruise industry and outside expertise.

He left NCLH in early 2015.