Sally Anne Ashford holds the position of Group Director-Human Resources at Informa Plc.

She is also on the board of Helios Towers Plc.

In the past she occupied the position of Chief Human Resources Officer at International Distributions Services Plc and Chief Human Resources Officer for 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).

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