Appointment of Non-Executive Director

RNS Number : 6684R

Portmeirion Group PLC

04 March 2019

 

4 March 2019

Portmeirion Group PLC ('the Company' or 'the Group')

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Portmeirion Group PLC (AIM: PMP), the manufacturer and worldwide distributor of high-quality homewares under the Portmeirion, Spode, Royal Worcester, Pimpernel and Wax Lyrical brands, is pleased to announce the appointment of Angela Luger (née Spindler) to the Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 March 2019. 

Angela has a wealth of high level general management experience.  Most recently she was Chief Executive of N Brown Plc, prior to which she was CEO of private equity backed retailer, The Original Factory Shop Limited.  In addition, she has held senior executive positions at Debenhams PLC, ASDA Group Limited and the Mars Corporation. She served as a Non-Executive Director of Manchester Airport Group and is currently a Non-Executive Director at Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion, S.A. (DIA group) which is an IBEX listed food retail business.

Dick Steele, Non-Executive Chairman, said:

"I am delighted that Angela has agreed to join the Group as a Non-Executive Director.  Angela's mix of retail, digital and customer focused experience is exactly the background that we have been seeking."

Please refer to Annex 1 for all further disclosure relating to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR).

ENQUIRIES:

Portmeirion Group PLC:

Dick Steele,                                        [phone]       [e-mail]

Non-Executive Chairman  

Mike Raybould,                                 [phone]       [e-mail]

Group Finance Director  

Hudson Sandler:

Dan de Belder                                   [phone]      [e-mail]

Nick Moore                                                                               [e-mail]

Panmure Gordon:

(Nominated Adviser and Broker)        [phone]

Freddy Crossley / Joanna Langley      Corporate Finance

James Stearns                                                                            Corporate Broking

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe:

(Joint Broker)                                     [phone]

Phil Davies / Rick Thompson                                                      Corporate Finance

Caspar Shand Kydd                                                                   Sales

Annex 1

Angela Luger is, or has been in the previous five years, a director of the following companies:

Current directorships	Previous directorships
Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A	N Brown Group Plc Speciality Home Shopping (US) Limited J.D. Williams & Company Limited Manchester Airports Holdings Limited

There are no other disclosures required in relation to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

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