Lee, who is already chairman of subsidiary outfits EMAS Offshore and Triyards Holdings, will take over the role on 1 February from Koh Poh Tiong, who steps down after three years in the job.

Ezra, the Singapore-listed offshore vessel and shipyard group, credits Lee with transforming the company he founded in 1992 from a local subcontractor to shipyards into a “global player”.

Koh,