Hawke will take up his role in November

MSC Cruises has confirmed former UK & Ireland managing director Giulio Libutti has left the company by mutual agreement.

After five years with the brand, MSC issued a statement saying it “would like to thank Libutti for his hard work and wish him every success in future endeavours”.

The company also confirmed Giles Hawke has been appointed as the new UK & Ireland managing director and will take up this position on November 13th 2013.

Hawke spent nine years at Crystal Holidays and a year at Highlife Breaks before joining Carnival UK.

He was at Carnival UK for nearly eleven years, the last six of which were spent in the role of sales and customer service director.