Malcolm Eccles is a utilities senior executive. He is currently the chief executive officer and managing director of the Basslink group based in Melbourne, Australia. Eccles was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria. In addition to his work with Basslink, he is a non-executive director on the boards of City Gas (Singapore) and Gippsland Water (Australia). He has also been a director and executive committee member of the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) since 2007.