Our Leadership

Richard D. Fain serves as chairman and chief executive officer of Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL). The Group includes Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Silversea Cruises, TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises.  The company’s 60 ships carry more than 6 million guests a year to ports on all seven continents.

Since taking the helm of Royal Caribbean in 1988, Fain has guided the company’s growth to its current place on the S&P 500, as well as its repeat listing by the Ethisphere Institute as a World’s Most Ethical Company. Twice, Barron’s has named him one of the World’s 30 Best CEOs for his vision and changing the course of the industry.

Fain serves on the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami, the Board of Directors of UHealth and the executive committee of the World Travel and Tourism Council. He previously served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami, Chair of the United Way of Miami-Dade and Chair of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau.  He has been recognized with the Federal Maritime Commission’s Earth Day Award, the Travel Weekly Lifetime Achievement Award, the South Florida Business Lifetime Achievement Award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and membership in the South Florida Business Hall of Fame. The French government honored Fain as a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, while the Finnish government named him a Commander, First Class, of the Order of the Lion.

Fain holds a B.S. degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Fain and his wife, Colleen, have four children and eight extraordinary grandchildren.

Jason Liberty is executive vice president and chief financial officer for the Royal Caribbean Group. In this role, he’s responsible for overseeing the company’s Treasury, Accounting, Corporate, Strategic and Revenue Planning, Corporate Development, Information Technology, Supply Chain, Risk Management, Legal, Port Operations, Deployment, Internal Audit and Investor Relations. In addition, Liberty is responsible for Silversea Cruises, as well as the company’s TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises joint ventures.

Liberty has held several senior management positions since his onboarding in 2005, including senior vice president of Finance and Strategy. Before joining Royal Caribbean Group, he was a senior manager with the accounting firm KPMG LLP.

Liberty earned his MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he now serves on the Board of Advisors. In addition, he holds degrees in accounting and finance from the University of Miami School of Business and Indiana University, Bloomington, Kelley School of Business, respectively. He also serves on the board of directors of WNS Limited, a business process management public company.

John F. Brock has served as a director of the Company since February 2014. Mr. Brock retired as Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola European Partners in December 2016, having served in that role since the formation of that company in May 2016.  Prior to that, Mr. Brock served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. since April 2008 and as Chief Executive Officer since April 2006.  From February 2003 until December 2005, Mr. Brock was Chief Executive Officer of InBev, S.A., a global brewer, and from March 1999 until December 2002, he was Chief Operating Officer of Cadbury Schweppes plc, an international beverage and confectionery company.  From April 2007 to December 2007, Mr. Brock served as a director of Dow Jones & Company, Inc., a publisher and provider of global business and financial news. From 2004 to 2006, he served as a director of the Campbell Soup Company, a global manufacturer and marketer of branded convenience food products. From 2003 to 2005, he served as a director of Interbrew/Inbrew, a beer brewing company. He also served as a director of Reed Elsevier, a publisher, from 1997 to 2003.  Mr. Brock is a Trustee of the Georgia Tech Foundation, Chairman of Horizons Atlanta, a philanthropic organization that enhances education for underserved children, and a member of the Smithsonian National Board.  Mr. Brock also is a member of the Advisory Board of BIP Capital, a venture capital firm.

Stephen R. Howe, Jr. has served as a director of the Company since December 2018. Mr. Howe served as U.S. Chairman and Managing Partner and Americas Area Managing Partner of Ernst & Young (“EY”) and was a member of EY’s Global Executive Board from 2006 until his retirement in 2018. In these roles, Mr. Howe directed strategy and operations for EY’s businesses of over 75,000 people, delivering professional services across all industry sectors. While leading EY, Mr. Howe also gained extensive board governance and regulatory experience and was executive sponsor for the firm’s focus on diversity and inclusiveness.  He was with EY for over 35 years.  Mr. Howe is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Hall, the Board of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the Board of Trustees (Chairman) of the Liberty Science Center.  Mr. Howe was previously a member of the boards of Colgate University, the Center for Audit Quality and the Financial Accounting Foundation.

Mr. Howe is the current Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

William L. Kimsey has served as a director of the Company since April 2003.  Mr. Kimsey was employed for 32 years through September 2002 with the independent public accounting firm Ernst & Young L.L.P. From 1998 through 2002, Mr. Kimsey served as the Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young Global and Global Executive Board member of Ernst & Young and from 1993 through 1998 as the Firm Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer. From 2003 until 2018, Mr. Kimsey served on the board, the compensation committee, and the audit committee (serving as chair from 2011-2018) of Accenture Plc.  From 2004 until 2008, he served on the board of NAVTEQ Corporation and was the chairman of its audit committee.  From 2003 through 2014, Mr. Kimsey also served on the board and the audit committee of Western Digital Corporation.  Mr. Kimsey is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Kimsey is the current Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Amy McPherson has served as director since December 2020. Ms. McPherson served in various positions at Marriott International, Inc. for over 30 years.  Most recently, from 2009 through 2019, she served as President & Managing Director, Europe. Under her leadership, Marriott launched five new brands in Europe and completed the successful integration of Starwood Hotels in Europe. Since 2017, Ms. McPherson has served as a non-executive member of the board of directors of PVH Corporation and is a member of its Audit and Nominating & Governance Committees.

Maritza Montiel has served as director since December 2015. Ms. Montiel served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Deloitte LLP from 2011 through her retirement in May 2014. Prior to these positions, she held numerous senior management roles at Deloitte, including Managing Partner (Leadership Development and Succession, Deloitte University) from 2009 to 2011, and Regional Managing Partner from 2001 to 2009. During Ms. Montiel’s tenure at Deloitte, she was the Advisory Partner for many public company registrants in which Deloitte was the principal auditor.  Ms. Montiel is a board member of AptarGroup, Inc. where she chairs the audit committee, a board member of Comcast Corporation, where she is a member of the audit committee, and a board member of McCormick & Company, where she chairs the audit committee.

Ann S. Moore has served as a director of the Company since May 2012. Ms. Moore served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Time Inc. from July 2002 to September 2010 and served as Chairman through December 2010. Prior to that, Ms. Moore was Executive Vice President of Time Inc., where she had executive responsibilities for a portfolio of magazines including Time, People, InStyle, Teen People, People en Español and Real Simple. Ms. Moore joined Time Inc. in 1978 in Corporate Finance. Since then, she held consumer marketing positions at Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Money and Discover, moving to general management of Sports Illustrated in 1983 and to publisher of People in 1991. From 1993 to May 2014, Ms. Moore served on the Board of Directors of Avon Products Inc.  She was also a director of the Wallace Foundation from 2004 through June 2016.

Eyal M. Ofer has served as a director of the Company since May 1995. Mr. Ofer is a global maritime shipping and real estate business leader and philanthropist. As the Chairman of a multi-generational family group, Ofer Global, he leads a private portfolio of international businesses principally focused on shipping, real estate, energy, technology, banking and investments. Its interests span Europe, North America, the Near East, Australasia and South East Asia. Mr. Ofer heads Ofer Global’s various divisions, including: Zodiac Group, an international shipping enterprise operating a diversified fleet of over 160 vessels worldwide; Global Holdings Group, a real estate holding group specializing in large scale iconic office buildings, hotels and luxury residential developments, as well as other investment and development assets; and O.G. Tech Ventures, a single LP Venture Capital fund with a focus on Round A tech investments. Mr. Ofer also chairs the Eyal & Marilyn Ofer Family Foundation, a philanthropic foundation established for the charitable giving of his family in support of education and the arts.

William K. Reilly has served as a director of the Company since January 1998. Mr. Reilly is the Founding Partner of Aqua International Partners L.P., a private equity fund established in 1997 and dedicated to investing in companies engaged in water. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Reilly served as the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has also previously served as the first Payne Visiting Professor at Stanford University, President of the World Wildlife Fund and President of The Conservation Foundation. He is Chairman Emeritus of the World Wildlife Fund and Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University.  He serves as a director of Enviva Partners LP, a publicly traded master limited partnership that aggregates wood fiber and processes it into a transportable form.  From 1993 until April 2012, Mr. Reilly also served on the Board of Directors of E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company and from 1997 until May 2013, he served on the Board of Directors of ConocoPhillips.  In May 2010, President Obama named Mr. Reilly to serve as co-chair of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, which released its report on January 11, 2011.  In December 2012, the President named Mr. Reilly to the Council for Global Development.  In 2017, Mr. Reilly became a director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a non-profit research and communication organization in Washington, DC.  In 2018, Mr. Reilly became a director of the Union of Concerned Scientists, a non-profit research and communications organization based in Cambridge, MA.

Mr. Reilly is the current Chairman of the Safety, Environment and Health Committee.

Vagn O. Sørensen has served as a director of the Company since July 2011. Mr. Sørensen brings to the Board over 20 years of experience in the aviation industry, having served as the President and CEO of Austrian Airlines Group from 2001 through 2006.  Prior to that, he served in a variety of roles with Scandinavian Airlines Systems, including as Executive Vice President and Deputy CEO.  He currently serves as a board member and chairman for a number of corporations throughout Europe and Canada, including Air Canada, FLSmidth A/S, Parques Reunidos SA, CNH Industrial and Scandlines. Mr. Sørensen also previously served on the board of Scandic Hotels AB and DFDS.

Mr. Sørensen is the current Chairman of the Talent and Compensation Committee.

Donald Thompson has served as a director of the Company since May 2015. Prior to his current role as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland Avenue, LLC, a venture capital firm, Mr. Thompson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of McDonald’s Corporation from 2012 until March 2015.  Previously, Mr. Thompson served as President and Chief Operating Officer of McDonald’s Corporation from 2010 to 2012 and President of McDonald’s USA from 2006 to 2010.  Prior to joining McDonald’s, Mr. Thompson served six years as an Electrical Engineer for the Northrop Corporation, where he specialized in power supply design and manufacturing for high technology radar systems.  Mr. Thompson also served as director of McDonald’s Corporation from 2011 to March 2015 and as a director of Exelon Corporation from 2007 to 2013.   Since March 2015, Mr. Thompson has served as a director of Northern Trust Corporation. He also serves on the boards of Beyond Meat and Footprint International HoldCo Inc., as an Advisory Board member of Docusign, Inc. and on numerous civic and philanthropic boards.  He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council, the Commercial and Economic Clubs of Chicago, Business Council, World Business Chicago and the Arthur M. Brazier Foundation.  He serves as a Trustee on the boards of the Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Purdue University.

Arne Alexander Wilhelmsen has served as a director of the Company since May 2003. Mr. Wilhelmsen is Chairman of the board of directors of AWILHELMSEN AS, the holding company for the AWILHELMSEN group of companies, after having served as the Chairman of the board of directors of AWILHELMSEN Management AS from 2008 through June 2013.  Mr. Wilhelmsen was elected Chairman of the Board of AWECO AS in 2011 and Chairman of the Board of AWILHELMSEN HOLDING AS in June 2016 and Aweco Cruise Holding AS in June 2017.  He has held a variety of positions within the AWILHELMSEN group of companies since 1995. In addition, Mr. Wilhelmsen serves as Chairman of the board of his wholly owned company Pan Sirius AS.  From 1996 through 1997, Mr. Wilhelmsen was engaged as a marketing analyst for the Company and from 2001 through 2009 served as a member of the board of directors of Royal Caribbean Cruise Line AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company that was responsible for the sales and marketing activities of the Company in Europe.