John Ilett has joined Consort Medical as group general counsel and company secretary from Synageva BioPharma. Ilett replaces former general counsel Iain Ward, who left the listed company after a year-and-a-half for the Wellcome Trust, where he is now senior legal counsel. In his new role, Ilett is responsible for all group legal, company secretarial and corporate compliance matters.

He was previously legal counsel for Europe at Synageva BioPharma, where he worked for six months, and was formerly general counsel for life sciences measurement and testing company LGC.