Lis Lauritzen is a Danish cruise ship Captain for Royal Caribbean International.
Her father had been a sailor for Maersk Line, but gave up that career when Lauritzen and his daughters were born.
Afterwards, Lauritzen worked on ships in South America and on the Danish Great Belt ferries.
After ten years in the industry, she had completed her Master Mariner certificate and was looking for a fresh challenge.
[1] She joined Royal Caribbean International as first officer on Grandeur of the Seas in November 1998.