Portmeirion Group plc announced that Michael Haynes, Group Sales and Marketing Director, will be resigning from his position as a director of the group with effect from February 12, 2013 and retiring from the group at the end of March 2013. Philip Edward Atherton will be appointed to the Board as Group Sales and Marketing Director with effect from February 12, 2013. Philip, 46, spent 12 years in the drinks industry working in a number of commercial roles with Remy & Associates (UK) Limited, The Gaymer Group Limited and Allied Domecq PLC where he gained extensive experience of working with premium brands.

Since 1999 Philip has been the Sales and Marketing Director of the Home Textiles Division of the John Cotton Group Limited.