Mainboard-listed ECS Holdings that Tay Eng Hoe, a founding director, has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman effective today, replacing David Li Jia Lin, who is stepping down for personal reasons.

Tay, a former CEO of the Singapore-based regional Info-Comm Technology (ICT) solutions provider representing global brand names, will relinquish his current position as Executive Director and Vice-Chairman of the ECS Board to assume the new role.

“We respect Mr Li’s decision to step down as Chairman to focus on his personal matters,” the ECS board says in a statement. “His resignation will not have any impact on the strategic direction of the Group and its operations under the leadership of Mr Narong Intanate who was appointed Group CEO in July 2010.”

“We welcome Mr Tay to his new role. He is well-known to the entire ECS team, having served as Group CEO for many years. We value his continued advice as Non- Executive Chairman,” the board adds.