Sally Ashford

Group HR Director at Informa Group plc

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Sally Ashford joined Informa plc as Group HR Director in June 2021. She is also currently a Non-Executive Director for workforce engagement at Helios Towers.

Sally has over 30 years’ experience in the field of Human Resources (‘HR’) including significant expertise in reward, talent and business transformation. In her early career, Sally worked in HR research and consultancy before moving in-house. She spent 15 years working in a variety of HR roles in the Telecoms industry at BT, O2 and Telefonica, including European HR Director and Deputy Global HR Director. In 2015, Sally joined Royal Mail where she became Chief Human Resources Officer in June 2018, a role she held until February 2021.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science from the University of Manchester and a Master’s degree in Industrial Relations from the University of Warwick.