About

Gerald Ashley is an advisor, broadcaster, writer and speaker on change, business risk and decision making.

His research and advice concentrates on innovative and practical solutions for decision makers on how to understand the big trends in business and finance; and how our own biases and behaviours affect the way we either succeed or fail in new environments. His aim is to educate people to understand how they and others approach future challenges and how they can improve their performance as individuals and as groups.

Gerald is Managing Director of St. Mawgan & Co (www.stmawgan.com) which he co-founded in 2001, a London based consultancy specialising in risk management, strategy consulting, and behavioural finance modelling in finance, business decision making and risk taking.

He  has over thirty years experience in international financial markets, having worked for Baring Brothers in London and Hong Kong, and the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.

Other Activities

Gerald is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (www.thersa.org) and also a Visiting Fellow at Newcastle Business School. (www.newcastlebusinessschool.co.uk)

He is also Hon. President of The Accounting & Finance Society at NBS (AFSOC)

and a member of the Editorial Board of The International Professional Management Review   (www.ipmajournal.com)

City of London

Court Member of the Worshipful Co of International Bankers (www.internationalbankers.co.uk)

2012 – Chairman Broad Street Ward Club (www.broadstreetwardclub.org)