Based in London, Ashling leads the media and entertainment practice in EMEA. As part of a global team of partners across 14 countries, she advises content-driven clients in both B2B and B2C around senior leadership at Board and C-suite level. A former journalist, she has more than 20 years’ experience in the media industry and an extensive, high-level contacts network. During the dotcom boom, she was media correspondent for the Financial Times. At The Times, she spent more than a decade as a sports writer, including as Fleet Street’s first Olympics Correspondent for London 2012, and was posted to India to open a bureau in Mumbai. She is on the advisory board of StreetGames, a charity delivering ‘doorstep sport’ to children in disadvantaged communities.