Eco World Development Group Berhad announced the appointment of Mr. Ng Soon Lai @ Ng Siek Chuan as Independent and Non Executive Director. Age 69, Date of change 22 Jun 2023. Professional Qualification Accounting from Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales Fellow of the Institute of the Chartered Accountants.

Working experience and occupation: Mr. Ng Soon Lai @ Ng Siek Chuan ("Mr. Ng") has over 32 years of experience in the audit and financial services industry. Mr. Ng began his career in accounting profession with Coopers & Lybrand in London and Kuala Lumpur before moving on to the financial sector in 1980. He had served in various positions in Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank Berhad (now known as AmInvestment Bank Berhad), a leading local merchant bank and Kuala Lumpur Finance Berhad.

He then joined Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad in July 1991 as its General Manager of Credit and Marketing. Subsequently, he was appointed as the Chief Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad in 1994 and to the Board of Alliance Merchant Bank Berhad (now known as Alliance Investment Bank Berhad) in 2002. He then resigned from his position of Chief Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and from the Board of Alliance Merchant Bank Berhad in 2005.

Since 2005, Mr. Ng has held the post of Independent Non-Executive Director in several public companies, as well as public listed companies. He was formerly a Director of S P Setia Berhad, Hiap Teck Venture Berhad, Unico-Desa Plantations Berhad, Tune Insurance Malaysia Berhad, Tune Protect Group Berhad, Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Berhad and China Construction Bank (Malaysia) Berhad. Mr. Ng is currently a Director of WCT Holdings Berhad and ELK-Desa Resources Berhad.