Ashley has both public and private sector experience as Managing Director in the UK for the Canadian Crisis Management Company, Navigator as well as a distinguished career in the Foreign Office with specific experience with dealing with international crisis.
Before Navigator, Ashley spent most of his career in China and Italy with additional postings in Canada and Jamaica. He led the initial Foreign Office response to both 9/11 and Tiananmen Square. He was in New York four days after 9/11. He is also a regular political commentator on Canadian TV. He also works with individual and corporate clients who are in international reputational risk. He maintains a global network with a focus on Canada, Europe and Asia helping family offices. He speaks Italian, German, French and Mandarin and is based near Milan in Northern Italy.
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