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Carnival Australia’s Sandy Olsen to join Holland America Group in Seattle

Sandy Olsen, Carnival Australia’s VP corporate affairs, has been promoted to a corporate affairs role for the Holland America Group and will relocate to the United States.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

May 25, 2022

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Olsen, who left Carnival Australia as director corporate affairs in 2011, returned in 2015 as VP corporate affairs to rejoin the then CEO Ann Sherry.

Newly-created role

In her place, Carnival Australia has appointed Teresa Lloyd who will take up the newly created role of chief strategy and external affairs officer in July.

Lloyd, who began her career as a naval architect, managed technical services for Western Australia’s Port Hedland Port Authority. She was most recently chief executive of Maritime Industry Australia.

Carnival Australia President Marguerite Fitzgerald said Lloyd is joining the company at an exciting time as its cruise lines return to service.

A great fit

‘Teresa is a great fit for Carnival Australia given her deep technical knowledge and extensive experience advocating for the maritime industry over the past 14 years in her current leadership role,’ Fitzgerald said.  

She said it is an exciting time, too, for Olsen as she takes her experience and skills to the new job with Holland America.

Fitzgerald said Olsen had given great support when she replaced Sture Myrmell earlier this year and paid tribute to Olsen’s ‘tireless efforts on behalf of Carnival Australia and their brands over many year.'

About the Author

Helen Hutcheon

Australasia correspondent

Helen Hutcheon did her cadetship on a shipping magazine and worked in P&O’s Sydney office for seven years as a public relations journalist.

For 19 years she was deputy editor of Travel Week, which was Australia’s leading trade newspaper that covered major local and international industry events.

In 2008 the late legendary Rama Rebbapragada presented her with an award from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd ‘in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cruising industry.’

In 2010 she won the Neil Frazer Award for ‘outstanding contribution to the cruise industry,’ elevating her to CLIA Australasia’s hall of fame.

She has been the Australasia correspondent for Seatrade Cruise Review since 1997 and for Seatrade Insider (now Seatrade Cruise News) since its launch in 2000.

 

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