Industry start date: 1994
Ashley is a founding partner of Gryphon where he acts as the Chief Investment Officer (CIO). As CIO, Ashley is responsible for the firm’s investments, portfolio management and is a member of Gryphon’s Investment Committee.
Ashley has over 26 years’ experience in financial markets that spans across a broad range of areas, including securitisation in debt capital markets, fixed income trading and funds management. Before co-founding Gryphon, Ashley spent five years at Threadneedle Investments as the Australian co-head responsible for managing the firm’s Global ABS portfolios. Prior to this he worked as a director, fixed income at Credit Suisse First Boston and as a senior ABS portfolio manager at Babcock and Brown. Ashley began his career as fixed income trader with Nomura in the London and Tokyo offices.
Ashley holds a Bachelor of Science, major in Mathematics from Queensland University of Technology.
