KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 6): Ire-Tex Corp Bhd has appointed Christopher Purcell as its managing director (MD), replacing Datuk Dr Yap Tatt Keat who has been redesignated as deputy chairman.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, the protective packaging materials manufacturer said prior to taking on his current role, Purcell, 49, was deputy MD of operations of the group's packaging division since the middle of last year.

Purcell first joined the group as production and quality control supervisor at Ire-Tex (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd from 1996 to 1998. He then proceeded to become the operations manager and a director of Ire-Tex Electronics Sdn Bhd from 1998 to 2000, before being appointed a director at Ire-Tex (Malaysia) from 2000 to 2002.

Between 2002 and 2015, he was the deputy MD of Ire-Tex (Malaysia).

Prior to joining Ire-Tex, Purcell was the production supervisor of ILP Protective Packaging Ltd in Bray, Ireland.

Yap, 51, meanwhile, was appointed as Ire-Tex MD since Sept 25, 2003.

Shares in Ire-Tex closed unchanged at 31 sen today, for a market capitalisation of RM40.56 million.

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