Laura M. Ashton | |
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Born | Laura M. Allen |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Alma mater | McGill University |
Employer | Low Carbon Advisors |
Spouse | Martin Ashton |
Laura M. Ashton (née Allen) is a Canadian executive based in Singapore. She is the co-founder and CEO of Low Carbon Advisors, an advisory firm headquartered in Singapore that helps companies, governments and investors around the world navigate the path to carbon neutrality. [1] Her work in sustainable energy transition also includes independent think tank, the Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources (CSER), where she has been senior vice president since 2023. [2] Ashton has spoken at several marketing- and energy-related events.
Ashton is a member of the Singapore chapter of McGill University's alumni association. [3] [4] [5] In 2019, she completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors International Directors diploma program. [6]
From August 2011 until December 2013, she was vice president, head of marketing for Philips Lighting's Growth Markets unit. [7] [8] [9] [10] She was formerly senior vice president for marketing in Asia-Pacific for Electrolux, as well as president of Electrolux India. [11] Prior to that, she worked in global and regional roles for Shell plc in the Netherlands, England and Singapore. [12]
From 2014 until 2015, she was Asia Pacific Regional Marketing Leader at A.T. Kearney, a management consulting firm. [13]
From August 2015 to October 2017, Ashton served as an independent non-executive director and Chair of the Remuneration and Nominating Committee on the Board of Asia Pacific Digital, an Australian Stock Exchange-listed digital services firm. [14] [15] [16] [17] Asia Pacific Digital was subsequently acquired by Trimantium GrowthOps in August 2018. [18]
She was the Asia Pacific director of business development, marketing & communications for Baker McKenzie, an international law firm, from 2016 to 2019. [19]
Ashton served as chair of the advisory board of New Zealand based, pan-Asian digital learning and development firm, Capability Group from 2020 until 2023.[ citation needed] She is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and regularly appears on SID panel discussions on ESG and Governance. [20] [21]
Ashton has spoken at events related to marketing and the energy industry.
In 2013, The Internationalist, a magazine for advertising and marketing personnel, named Ashton to its Asia 50 list of 50 "pioneering marketers working in one of the world's most diverse and fastest-growing regions who influence activities from Japan to India." [30]
Ashton has been a judge for Haymarket/Campaign Asia's –Asia Pacific Agency of the Year Award" including the 2018 edition, [31] and "Asian Brand Marketing Effectiveness Awards". [32] [33]
Laura Ashton is at the forefront of the battle to keep Philips...
Laura M. Ashton | |
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Born | Laura M. Allen |
Citizenship | Canadian |
Alma mater | McGill University |
Employer | Low Carbon Advisors |
Spouse | Martin Ashton |
Laura M. Ashton (née Allen) is a Canadian executive based in Singapore. She is the co-founder and CEO of Low Carbon Advisors, an advisory firm headquartered in Singapore that helps companies, governments and investors around the world navigate the path to carbon neutrality. [1] Her work in sustainable energy transition also includes independent think tank, the Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources (CSER), where she has been senior vice president since 2023. [2] Ashton has spoken at several marketing- and energy-related events.
Ashton is a member of the Singapore chapter of McGill University's alumni association. [3] [4] [5] In 2019, she completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors International Directors diploma program. [6]
From August 2011 until December 2013, she was vice president, head of marketing for Philips Lighting's Growth Markets unit. [7] [8] [9] [10] She was formerly senior vice president for marketing in Asia-Pacific for Electrolux, as well as president of Electrolux India. [11] Prior to that, she worked in global and regional roles for Shell plc in the Netherlands, England and Singapore. [12]
From 2014 until 2015, she was Asia Pacific Regional Marketing Leader at A.T. Kearney, a management consulting firm. [13]
From August 2015 to October 2017, Ashton served as an independent non-executive director and Chair of the Remuneration and Nominating Committee on the Board of Asia Pacific Digital, an Australian Stock Exchange-listed digital services firm. [14] [15] [16] [17] Asia Pacific Digital was subsequently acquired by Trimantium GrowthOps in August 2018. [18]
She was the Asia Pacific director of business development, marketing & communications for Baker McKenzie, an international law firm, from 2016 to 2019. [19]
Ashton served as chair of the advisory board of New Zealand based, pan-Asian digital learning and development firm, Capability Group from 2020 until 2023.[ citation needed] She is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and regularly appears on SID panel discussions on ESG and Governance. [20] [21]
Ashton has spoken at events related to marketing and the energy industry.
In 2013, The Internationalist, a magazine for advertising and marketing personnel, named Ashton to its Asia 50 list of 50 "pioneering marketers working in one of the world's most diverse and fastest-growing regions who influence activities from Japan to India." [30]
Ashton has been a judge for Haymarket/Campaign Asia's –Asia Pacific Agency of the Year Award" including the 2018 edition, [31] and "Asian Brand Marketing Effectiveness Awards". [32] [33]
Laura Ashton is at the forefront of the battle to keep Philips...