Ashok was appointed as a Trustee in 2004. Educated at Christ College Grammar School in London, City University and Henley Management College, he started his career as a bridge designer and builder and then moved into academia and taught a variety of subjects from structural engineering to strategic management.
Subsequently, he has led a large academic department and the largest disability consultancy in the UK, JMU Access Partnership.
Ashok is currently an internationally recognised expert in the field of 'knowledge management' and until recently was chair of the Knowledge Management Research Group at Loughborough University. He is a Hindu Quaker and a Member of the Committee for Racial Equality of the Religious Society of Friends.
Ashok is the Chair of the Empowerment Strategy Group and a member of the JRHT Board.