Pier Luigi Foschi

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Costa Crociere, S.p.A. and Director
Carnival PLC
Miami , FL
Sector: SERVICES / General Entertainment
Officer since October 1997


Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Costa Crociere, S.p.A. and Director , Carnival Corporation


Pier Luigi Foschi, age 63, has been a director of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc since April 2003. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Costa Crociere S.p.A. (?Costa?), a subsidiary of Carnival plc, and chairman of its board since January 2000.


In addition to his duties at Costa, Mr. Foschi is vice-chairman of Confitarma, the federation of Italian ship owners, and chairman of the European Cruise Council, an organization consisting of Europe’s main cruise companies.


Mr. Foschi joined Costa following a long and prestigious career at OTIS Elevator Company, the world leader in the elevators and people moving equipment. At OTIS Mr. Foschi covered increasingly important roles since 1974. In 1990, after working in Italy and France, he moved to Hong Kong and then to Singapore as executive vice president of the OTIS Asia-Pacific operations, with operational responsibility for 14 countries, from Mongolia to Australia, from India to Japan.

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