Currently, Sally Anne Ashford is Group Director-Human Resources at Informa Plc.

She is also on the board of Helios Towers Plc.

In the past Ms. Ashford occupied the position of Chief Human Resources Officer of International Distributions Services plc and Chief Human Resources Officer at Royal Mail Group Ltd. (a subsidiary of International Distributions Services plc) and Deputy Director-Global Human Resources at Telefónica SA and Director at Telefónica O2 Holding Ltd. (a subsidiary of Telefónica SA).

Ms. Ashford received an undergraduate degree from The University of Manchester and a graduate degree from the University of Warwick.