Bio

Ashton has over 15 years of experience as an investor, investment banker, operator and entrepreneur across the food service and consumer/retail sectors in Europe, the US, Latin America and Asia. Ashton joined Capdesia from True Capital, a European mid-market consumer/retail private equity firm, where he ran the investment team. Prior to True, Ashton worked at Tesco in Business Development and helped execute their investments in what became ‘Tesco Hospitality’ (Giraffe, Harris+Hoole, Euphorium Bakery and Tesco Cafes). He also spent time as COO/Commercial Director of Harris+Hoole, opening 52 coffee shops in 2½ years. Previously, Ashton was an investment banker with Nomura’s EMEA Consumer/Retail M&A team. He started his career at Citibank and BGC Partners/Cantor Fitzgerald in New York and Hong Kong. During this time he also helped launch two consumer/retail businesses. Ashton holds a BA in Modern Languages from Trinity College and an MBA from HEC Paris. He is fluentin Spanish and conversational in Mandarin, French and Portuguese. Get In Touch LONDON 105 Victoria Street, 6th Floor London SW1E 6QT United Kingdom +44 (0) 20 3129 2673 info@capdesia.com BRUSSELS 35, Rue du Congrès 1000 Brussels Belgium +32 (0) 2 851 33 40 info@capdesia.com LUXEMBOURG 6, Rue Gabriel Lippmann E Building, L-5365 Munsbach Luxembourg +352 26 39 21 72 info@capdesia.com ‘Food is our common ground, a universal experience’ James Beard logo Follow us on LinkedIn Copyright: Capdesia Group Limited | Authorised & regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority | Website design by WebcreationUK | Sitemap