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Directorate and Company Secretary Changes
Directorate and Company Secretary Changes.
About this update from Portmeirion Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2781W Portmeirion Group PLC 08 February 2017 \n\n8 February 2017\n \n \nPortmeirion Group PLC ('the Company' or 'Portmeirion')\n \nDirectorate and Company Secretary Changes\n \nPortmeirion, the manufacturer and worldwide distributor of high quality homewares under the Portmeirion, Spode, Royal Worcester and Wax Lyrical brands announces the following changes:\n \nBrett Phillips, Group Finance Director, will retire from the Board during 2017. Brett has been Group Finance Director at Portmeirion since flotation in 1988 and will celebrate his 60th birthday in 2017.\n \nCommenting on this announcement, Brett said, \"It has been a privilege to be associated with the success of Portmeirion for nearly thirty years. I will continue to work with the Company to ensure a smooth handover.\"\n \nEndorsing Brett's comments, Dick Steele, Non-Executive Chairman said, \"Brett has been a key member of our team for a long time and his contribution has been huge. We are recruiting for a successor and will make an announcement in due course. We intend to maintain a strong link with Brett after his retirement from executive duties as we have asked him to remain as Non Executive Chairman of our associate company, Furlong Mills Limited.\" \n \nWith effect from 1 March 2017, Michael Knapper will be appointed to the Board as Operations Director. Michael (Mick) has held several roles in IT and logistics since joining Portmeirion in 1998. He has been responsible for the Group's IT and logistics in the UK since 2009 and a member of the Board of the Company's subsidiary, Portmeirion Group UK Limited, since 2011.\n \nIn addition, with effect from 1 March 2017, Moira MacDonald will be appointed as Company Secretary of the Company. Moira will be replacing Brett Phillips as Company Secretary. Moira has held the position of Deputy Group Secretary since joining Portmeirion in 2007. She was previously Assistant Company Secretary at Legal & General Group plc and at BPB plc.\nThis announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR).\nEnquiries:\n\n\n\n\nPortmeirion Group PLC:\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nDick Steele\n\n\n+44 (0) 1782 744721\n\n\[email protected]\n\n\n\n\nNon-executive Chairman\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nBrett Phill...