P&O Cruises, the UK focused contemporary market brand in Carnival Corp & plc group, has announced its senior management team for its yet unnamed 141,000 gross ton newbuilding.

Captains Paul Brown and David Pembridge will  alternately lead the shipboard team, supported by deputy captains Martin Allen and Hamish Sunter and executive pursers Darljit Sharma and Keith de  la Mare.

The team will take the ship from Fincantieri shipyard in Trieste to its launch in spring 2015.

Captain Brown will be joining the head office in Southampton early in 2014  as the project starts to gain considerable momentum, with the rest of the  team joining at different times prior to launch.

Paul Brown joined the company in 1996 and was first promoted to master in  June 2007 on board Aurora. He then went on to be master on board Artemis,  Oriana, Ventura and Azura.David Pembridge joined the company in 1976 and was first promoted to  master in October 2002 on board Pacific Princess. He then went on to be  master on board Royal Princess, Sun Princess, Artemis, Oceana, Ocean  Village 2, Oriana and Aurora.