Founder

Ashley founded Econsultancy in 1999. He is one of the most influential and connected figures in digital and marketing. As one of the 100+ recommendations for him on LinkedIn reads, “If Ashley doesn’t know it – it ain’t worth knowing.”

Ashley is author of two best-selling books on digital. A columnist, commentator and blogger, he speaks worldwide on digital and marketing trends and best practice.

Ashley is involved in a number of digital businesses and ventures as investor, adviser, mentor and operationally, outside of his involvement with Econsultancy, including: CEO & Founder, Guild – private professional messaging app; Chairman, Ably – realtime data delivery platform.

Managing Director

Richard became sole Managing Director of Econsultancy in March 2021 and is responsible for the evolution of Econsultancy into a Multi-Touch Learning provider. He is 100% focused on delivering exceptional outcomes for our customers and has a passion for making our products and services as good as they can possibly be.

Richard spent the 10 years prior leading some of the world’s most iconic B2B brands at Centaur Media and Ascential including Marketing Week, The Festival of Marketing, Creative Review, MEED Media (in the Middle East), World Architecture Festival, Drapers and the Architects Journal.

Before moving to B2B Richard worked in D2C ecommerce founding EBTM which listed on AIM in 2006 and setting up DMGT’s ecommerce operations. Before that Richard worked in music, perhaps most notably running Tribal UK Records “the UK’s most respected and forward-thinking label” (Rough Guide, 1999).

Richard holds a degree in History from Durham University and an MBA from Imperial College, London.

Director

Richard is a Director at Econsultancy and specialises in accelerating marketing performance & digital transformation.

Richard has worked internationally with The Coca-Cola Company, domestically with McDonald’s restaurants, heading Adult and Family Marketing, and before Econsultancy was one of the four equity partners of Oystercatchers. In addition to working in brand marketing, Richard has worked for Publicis Worldwide where he led the agency’s P&G business in EMEA for several years while running Publicis Groupe’s African expansion in parallel.

Richard is an award-winning diversity advocate and has been recognised as a ‘Male Agent of Change’ by the Women’s Business Council & Management Today, as well being ranked in the top 12 men championing women in business by the Financial Times. Vice-Chair of The Ideas Foundation, Board Member of Creative Equals, Token Man, BAME2020 and the first male SuperMomma for SheSaysUK. He is proud to be called a ‘Campaigner for increased diversity in the industry’ by The Huffington Post.

Director of Programme Management
As Director of Programme Management at Econsultancy, Kate is responsible for the management and smooth running of customised training and consultancy projects for Econsultancy’s global clients.
Before joining Econsultancy, Kate held Business Unit Director roles at Chemist+Druggist and venuefinder.com at UBM (now Informa), managing all aspects of business management, strategic planning and P&L ownership. Kate has a proven track record in transformational change management, new system implementation and process improvement.

Global Partnerships Director

Damian is our Global Partnerships Director helping leadership teams define and exceed their digital marketing and ecommerce goals via Econsultancy’s multi-touch learning capabilities.

Damian has over 23 years’ experience in senior commercial and leadership roles with some of the world’s most exciting and forward-thinking organisations, including Media Solutions Director at Time Warner Inc, Executive Director for advertising agency WFCA, and Managing Director for Adobe’s leading training provider, Academy Class.

In addition to being a Chartered marketer (CIM), he is an ILM certified Coach, NLP Practitioner, UK Ambassador for the Continued Professional Development (CPD), Advisor for HRH Prince of Wales Nominet Trust, and recently appointed Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts.

Outside of work he enjoys exploring places off the beaten track with his young family and is a mixology enthusiast in search of the perfect cocktail.

Commercial Director

Marketing Director

Lisa is an experienced marketeer who has been leading marketing teams for 20+ years.

She has transformed marketing functions by creating high performing teams, supported by the right technology and data cultures to give customers something that really matters to them.

A content convert, Lisa believes in the power of offering value to customers through outstanding content marketing campaigns. She is responsible for overseeing the Econsultancy Marketing team and is an avid user of Econsultancy’s content to help keep the team’s skills up to date.

Managing Partner

Paul has spent the last eight years helping marketing and digital leaders and their teams adopt a new mind-set and build new skills by developing and delivering multi-channel learning programmes.

Prior to this, Paul spent 15 years in operational marketing at Nestle & Diageo. His senior roles included Head of Scotch and Luxury Brands for Global Travel & Middle East and Beer Portfolio Manager for Southern Africa. This combination of operational experience and capability building means Paul is able to understand and authentically connect with marketing teams at all levels.

Paul loves the outdoors and in his free time can most often to be found running, cycling or dog walking with his family which includes an 12 year old boy (George) and identical nine year old twin girls (Ruby & Leela).