Charles Ashton
Non Executive Director | CFO
Operational CFO and Board Director with a broad frame of reference and early experience in blue chip investment banking. Skills include business building, cost reduction, financing, M&A, integration. Leadership experience spans large multi-national enterprises and tech start-ups, in public, private and PE backed businesses across multiple geographies, in particular the US and Europe. Board positions include a period on the Supervisory Board of a BaFin regulated entity. Extensive executive board expertise including a variety of C-suite roles (Chair, CEO, DCEO, CFO) and as Company Secretary leading in governance, strategy, regulatory, Audit and Risk Committees, Remuneration Committees, as well as Infrastructure functions (Finance, Risk, HR, Legal, Compliance, Ops and IT). Strongly values-based leader – currently serving in non executive positions as School Governor and Charity Chair. Empathetic and highly collaborative in style, able to inspire, empower and instil trust
Expertise
- Large (200+ employees) organisation – unlisted
- Small to Medium Enterprise – SME (199+ employees) – unlisted
- Small organisation (1-9 employees)
- Not-for-profit organisation Small (200+ employees)
- Banking
- Capital Markets
- Education Management
- Executive Office
- Financial Services
- Fundraising
- Higher Education
- Information Technology & Services
- Investment Banking/Venture
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Accounting
- Audit
- Governance
- Banking
- Business Acumen
- Change Management
- Diversity
- Finance & Investments
- Fundraising
- Risk
- Strategic Thinking
Experience
- Non Executive
- Committee Chair
- Committee Member
- CEO
- Deputy CEO
- Executive Director
Board or Committee Experience
| Title | Sub Committee | Company Name | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Tonbridge School | Education | |
| Governor | Finance and General Purposes | Tonbridge School | Education |
| Chair | The Perry Watlington Trust | Charity | |
| CFO | Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited | Financial Services | |
| Chair | Equality Diversity & Inclusion Committee | Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited | Financial Services |
| Chair | Risk Committee | Stifel Nicolaus Europe | Financial Services |
Executive Career Summary
| Title | Company Name | Industry |
|---|---|---|
| CFO | Stifel Nicolaus Europe | Financial Services |
| DCEO, CFO | Singer Capital Makrets | Financial Services |
| CFO | Banco Espirito Santo | Financial Services |
| CEO | E-Courier | Technology |
| CFO | RTMS | Technology} |