Camby will bring out Arvia from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany to its home port of Southampton where the vessel will sail its inaugural winter cruises before repositioning in Barbados for its first series of Caribbean itineraries.
In 1995 Camby was selected into the P&O Princess Cruises Cadet programme and started his studies as a deck cadet at South Shields Nautical College. He worked his way through the ranks on various ships before gaining his masters ticket in December 2003.
In November 2005, Camby was appointed as navigator on Cunard’s flagship Queen Mary 2, where he remained working up to the rank of deputy captain in June 2008.
In December 2011 he was promoted to captain and took his first command of Oriana in January 2012. Since then, he has captained Azura, Arcadia, Aurora, Oceana, Ventura, Britannia, Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2 and most recently Iona.
Camby said he felt "privileged" to command Arvia and to be working alongside "the most talented and experienced team".
"Arvia will underpin all the innovative and environmental credentials of Iona and will create even more aspirational and desirable guest experiences and itineraries specifically for British guests," he added.
