Malvern International plc announced that Gopinath Pillai has been appointed Chairman of the Board of the company. Pillai is a director and founder shareholder of KSP Investments Pte Ltd. and has been a director of the company since its flotation in 2004. Pillai has a strong corporate back ground having worked in well established companies in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and India. He was General Manager of United Industrial Corporation and later General Manager of Intraco.