Ash Pal is a Digital Leadership Advisor with Leading Edge Forum. He works with some of the world's largest private and public sector organizations, to exploit digital opportunities by addressing people, organizational, leadership and cultural challenges.

As an experienced leader, Ash spent a number of years at Microsoft where he was a member of the Europe, Middle-East, and Africa Senior Leadership Team. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Programme Director for the Gartner Research Board, a prestigious think tank focused on the needs of CIOs and senior leadership teams in global organizations.

He has served as a Non-Executive Director, CTO, Investor and Board Advisor for a variety of start-ups, and currently mentors for the London Business School MBA entrepreneurship programme.

Ash holds a BSc Hons in Biological Sciences from the University of Ulster, has completed the Applied Genetics Masters Programme at the University of Birmingham, holds an MSc in Psychology from the University of West London and has completed an Executive Education Strategy Programme at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Ash is a fellow of the British Computer Society.