MSC Cruises has announced the appointment of Antonio Paradiso as Managing Director (MD) for the MSC Cruises’ business in the UK and Ireland, effective March 1 2016.

Antonio will be replacing Giles Hawke who will be leaving the Company in April 2016.

Paradiso is currently based at MSC Cruises’ global headquarters in Geneva as Executive Director, Emerging Markets. He will take up this new London-based role bringing with him experience coming from a MSC Cruises background. Formerly trade manager for Germany, Austria & Switzerland, in 2012 he was promoted to Executive Director, Emerging Markets – a position from which he oversaw and managed MSC Cruises’ Commercial and Sales Strategy in over 30 countries across three continents.

Hawke has been with MSC Cruises for over two years.