Sally Anne Ashford is Group Director-Human Resources at Informa Plc. Ms. Ashford is also on the board of Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG and Helios Towers Plc and Chief Human Resources Officer for Royal Mail Group Ltd.

In the past she was Chief Human Resources Officer at Royal Mail Plc and Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer at Telefónica SA and Director at Telefónica Europe Plc (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.