Ashok, previously CEO of London Cycling Campaign, joined Ashden with a wealth of experience in environmental, sustainable development and justice issues in the UK and the Global South.

After a PhD in renewable energy, a stint as a climate modeller and time as a policy analysis with Forum for the Future, Ashok moved into advocacy – serving on the Board of Amnesty International, helping to found and lead Make Poverty History and becoming the first Director of the Climate Coalition. Ashok is currently also the Chair of the London Sustainable Development Commission, an independent, unpaid body that advises the London Mayor.