Eckoh plc announced that Christopher Humphrey has joined Eckoh plc as a non-executive Director and will become Chairman following the Group's AGM in September. He will succeed Chris Batterham who, in line with corporate governance best practice, will be stepping down at the forthcoming AGM having served as non-executive chairman since July 2009. Christopher Humphrey is currently a Non-Executive Director of AVEVA Group plc, SDL plc and The Vitec Group plc. Christopher was formerly Group Chief Executive Officer of Anite plc from 2008 until August 2015, having joined Anite in 2003 as Group Finance Director. He has held senior positions in finance at Conoco, Eurotherm International plc and Critchley Group plc. He was previously a non-executive director of Alterian plc between 2011 and 2012.