A NEW export expert has joined the team of overseas trade advisers at East of England International, which delivers UK Trade & Investment services in the region.

A NEW export expert has joined the team of overseas trade advisers at East of England International, which delivers UK Trade & Investment services in the region.

Chris Ilsley will be based in Cambridge and will specialise in the biotech and pharma sectors.

He brings a wealth of international trade expertise to the role, including four years at Novartis working on the marketing, sales and business development of its vaccines products.

More recently he has worked as a Life Sciences Associate the Cambridge Network, advising members on entrepreneurship and bringing high growth firms to overseas markets, especially Japan and North America.

Mr Ilsley, 37, who is married and lives in Cambridge, said he was looking forward to working with businesses to maximise their potential overseas.