[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.
[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.