Guy Ashton
Guy works with senior people on improving performance – individual and organisational – by using his training and experience as an executive coach allied to a 29-year career in financial services. He has worked with entrepreneurs, boards, CEOs and senior executives in Banking, Asset
Management, Construction, Media, Management Consulting, Manufacturing, Interior Design, Corporate Finance, Law, Pharmaceuticals and in the Voluntary Sector. He is a member of the Meyler Campbell faculty, the premier provider of training for business coaches in the UK.
Before qualifying as a coach, Guy had 29 years’ financial services experience of which 19 were in investment banking. He successfully managed businesses, teams and departments in Europe, Asia and globally. The common thread in his work was leading talented, client-facing professionals whilst dealing with growth, restructuring, outsourcing, acquisition, disposals, technology investment, multiple objectives and disparate stakeholders.
Guy qualified as Chartered Accountant with KPMG. After three years conducting audits in the UK he became a professional trainer in financial management, analysis and valuation for accountants, fund managers, corporate financiers and investment analysts in Europe, the US and Asia. This led to a role in equity research at HSBC Securities in London in 1996. He was appointed Head of Research for HSBC in Asia in 1998. After returning to London he became Head of European Research, leaving to join Deutsche Bank’s research management team in 2003.
During his time at Deutsche Bank he was Head of European Equity Research, Head of Asia Pacific Research, Global COO for Research and Global Head of Equity Research. The teams he built achieved number-one ratings in each of Europe, Emerging Europe and Asia-ex-Japan. Over the
years he managed teams of up to 1,000 people operating in 32 countries and with budgets of up to EUR 350m.
Education, Qualifications, Professional Memberships:
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales
- Meyler Campbell Business Coach® Graduate
- MSc in Industrial, Organisational & Business Psychology at UCL
- BSc(Econ) from the London School of Economics
- Certified in Hogan® Strength Assessments, MBTI®, PRISM Brain Mapping and Belbin
- Member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF)