Ash is a very experienced industrialist, business manager and company director.  He is retired from a 28 year career at one of the largest and most diversified conglomerates in the Caribbean.  During this time he served in a variety of capacities, including project engineer, plant engineer, CEO, Director, or Chairman, at approximately twenty of the group's subsidiaries throughout the Caribbean.  He also served as a Director of the parent company and a member of its Executive Committee, Chairman of its Energy and Construction Group, and Chairman of its Guyana group.

Ash graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the West Indies.  He also trained at Bolton College for Technical Teachers, Manchester University in Great Britain.  He is a Fellow of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad & Tobago.  His professional experience encompasses education, industrial plant operations and maintenance, project management and evaluation, turnaround management, organisational development, and corporate restructuring, including the establishment of joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate divestments.

In other positions he is a Director of the Engineering Institute of the University of the West Indies and has served as Chairman of the Youth Training and Employment Partnership Programme (YTEPP) and as a Director of the National Training Agency.  He is also Chairman of two private companies: Weldfab Ltd. and Resin Converters Ltd.