He is passionate about the critical role which technology can play in widening access to education and is proud to lead the University College of Estate Management as it strives to become the Centre of Excellence for Built Environment Education and the world’s most sustainable university.
UCEM is the leading provider of supported, flexible and accessible online education and is the largest provider of built environment apprenticeships in the country, with some 2,000 apprentices currently studying with us. Ashley is particularly passionate about sustainability and has put this at the heart of UCEM’s core purpose and aims, setting out ambitious aspirations to embed its principles across the whole institution.
Ashley spent six years as a Non-Executive Director of BRE Group, and is currently a Member of the GuildHE Executive, Vice-Chair and Trustee of JISC, Chair of Building People CIC and is the newly appointed Chair of Young Citizens.
Ashley holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of London and previously held senior roles as Director of Global Learning Services for Microsoft, and Chief Executive Officer of InfoBasis Ltd, a global Talent Management software company.