Eilis has been Professor of Company and Securities Law at the University of Cambridge since 2005 and is also an Emeritus Fellow of St Catharine’s College. She was the University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional and International Relations between 2015 and 2021. Eilis also serves as the Provost of the Gates Cambridge Trust, which provides postgraduate scholarships at the University of Cambridge funded by an endowment established by the Gates Foundation.
Eilis brings her legal expertise to the institute’s Trustee body.