Portmeirion Group Portmeirion Group will appoint Moira MacDonald as Company Secretary. The effective date is March 01, 2017. Brett 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. With 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.