DAVID Sage is the new area sales manager for Great Blakenham-based manufacturing firm BSP International Foundations.Mr Sage, 45, will be responsible for developing sales in a number of important overseas markets for the company, which makes hydraulic piling and compaction equipment.

DAVID Sage is the new area sales manager for Great Blakenham-based manufacturing firm BSP International Foundations.

Mr Sage, 45, will be responsible for developing sales in a number of important overseas markets for the company, which makes hydraulic piling and compaction equipment.

He is a graduate member of the Institute of Export, London, and has a diploma in international trade management. He also gained an HNC in electrical and mechanical engineering at Suffolk University College.

He has 20 years' experience in export sales and marketing, overseas business development and technical support.

Before joining BSP, he worked for a number of firms involved in the manufacture of electro-mechanical, hydraulic/pneumatic and electronic control systems.

He is married to Jacqueline, and lives near Bury St Edmunds with their three children, aged 11, six and four months.