Ashley Giles MBE is a former international cricketer, Head Coach, Director of Cricket, National Selector and Managing Director with vast experience in high performance sport at both Domestic and International levels. Ashley is now CEO of Worcestershire Cricket Club

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In a playing career spanning sixteen years he represented England 116 times and spent his entire first class career with Warwickshire CCC. Ashley was a crucial member of the 2005 Ashes winning team that regained the urn for the first time in 20 years in arguably the greatest test series of all time.

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Forced into retirement due to injury in 2007, Ashley was appointed as Warwickshire Director of Cricket four weeks later and in the space of five years took the team from the second division to county champions. Ashley has spent seventeen years in cricket management and administration and has held almost every major role across the domestic and international games. During that time he has been a County Championship, T20 Blast and One Day Trophy winning Head Coach and Director of Cricket, and has a history of successfully leading and managing teams in challenging and pressurised environments. The culmination of this journey came in 2019, whilst Ashley was Managing Director of England men’s cricket, when the team won their first ever 50 over World Cup.

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Ashley holds a Masters in Sports Directorship from the Manchester Metropolitan University and was a Board member with England Netball when the team won the Commonwealth gold medal in 2018.

Awarded an MBE in 2006 for services to cricket, Ashley is an honorary citizen of Droitwich Spa and with his wife, Stine, launched the Giles Trust in 2015, which has now raised over £1 million for brain tumour treatment, research and support.

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Ashley is able to speak to a broad number of topics, ranging from leadership and working with high performing teams, to dealing with adversity, anxiety and crisis management.