ECSC Group plc announced the appointment of Stephen Hammell as Chief Financial Officer, with effect from 2 May 2017. Stephen will also join the Board as a Director. Most recently, he was Group Finance Director of eBECS, an international IT consultancy and a similar high growth technology business, which he guided through a successful divestment to Computer Sciences Corporation.

Prior to joining the company, he was a Director in Corporate Finance at Grant Thornton. He has also held corporate finance roles at PwC and Yorkshire Bank. Stephen has 20 years' experience in finance, commercial banking and financial leadership having worked at various multinational auditing firms. Keith Kelly will step down from the Board with effect from 2 May 2017, although he will remain with the company as Finance Director and Company Secretary.