Ashley is Chief Executive at CCLG: The Children & Young People's Cancer Association. With a background in charity leadership, strategy and performance, Ashley strongly believes in collaborative working, bringing together a network of charities to drive research strategy and increase funding.

Ashley is current Chair of the Children and Young People's Cancer Coalition, member of NHS England’s Children and Young People's Cancer Clinical Reference Group and NHS Scotland MSN Board, Chair of Cancer52’s Research Group, and member of the North Star Collective Steering Group, amongst other key groups. Ashley initiated the Children's Cancer Priority Setting Partnership, jointly funded by CCLG and The Little Princess Trust, and sat on the steering group for this work. In 2025, Ashley was invited to become a member of UK Government's Children & Young People's Cancer Taskforce.