Mark Ashby

Mark Ashby is an executive, board member and board advisor with over 30 years of experience within listed and private companies in Australia and the USA.

Mr Ashby’s board advisory experience has focused on working with companies to create and grow shareholder value and has included US expansion, refinancing and balance sheet restructuring, as well as advising on corporate governance and accountabilities.

Mr Ashby has been the director and interim chief executive of Sydney-based Direct Group, a private equity owned catalogue sales business and television shopping network. Prior to the establishment of his board advisory business in 2017, Mr Ashby was the chief financial officer of Myer Holdings from 2008 to 2015 where he led the IPO on the ASX in 2009. He was also the chief financial officer of EZCORP Inc in the US and Mitre 10 in Australia, and a director of finance at Motorola Australia.

He holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from Swinburne University of Technology, is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Fellow of the Australian Society of CPAs.