---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000815097-24-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CUK"
cik: "0001125259"
company_name: "CARNIVAL PLC"
filed_at: "2024-04-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T22:44:45.747400+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carnival CMO William Burke to step down Feb 2025; Lars Ljoen named successor

## Summary
- William Burke, Chief Maritime Officer, will step down effective February 1, 2025, and become External Affairs Advisor.
- Lars Ljoen, currently COO of Carnival Cruise Line, will assume CMO role on February 1, 2025.
- Transition is planned; Burke remains until Feb 2025 then advises externally.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815097-24-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CUK
- cik: 0001125259
- company_name: CARNIVAL PLC
- filed_at: 2024-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509724000044/0000815097-24-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815097/000081509724000044/ccl-20240412.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815097-24-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815097-24-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815097-24-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lars Ljoen changed role as Chief Maritime Officer at CARNIVAL PLC.
  - Action: will assume the role of
  - Role: Chief Maritime Officer
  source text: Lars Ljoen, who is currently Chief Operations Officer of Carnival Cruise Line, will assume the role of Chief Maritime Officer of the Company effective February 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509724000044/0000815097-24-000044-index.htm
- Executive change
  William Burke changed role as Chief Maritime Officer at CARNIVAL PLC.
  - Action: stepping down from
  - Role: Chief Maritime Officer
  source text: William Burke, Chief Maritime Officer and a named executive officer of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc (the “Company”), notified the Company that he is stepping down from this role effective February 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125259/000081509724000044/0000815097-24-000044-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.