Ashmore Group Board of Directors
Clive Adamson
Non-executive Chair of the Board
Appointed to the Board: October 2015
Appointed as Chair of the Board: April 2022
Skills, experience and contribution:
Clive Adamson has enjoyed a career in financial services for over 40 years, spanning executive roles in banking and regulation and Non-executive Director roles, including Board and Committee Chair positions, across wholesale and retail banking, insurance and asset management.
Other roles past and present:
Clive spent 20 years in wholesale banking, holding senior positions with Citigroup and Bank of America. He moved into regulation as an adviser at the Bank of England before joining the newly formed Financial Services Authority and then the FCA upon formation where he was Director of Supervision and an Executive Member of the Board. Clive was previously a Non-executive Director of Virgin Money plc, a Senior Adviser at McKinsey & Company and a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Risk Committee of Prudential Assurance Company Limited. He is currently Chair of J.P. Morgan Europe Ltd and its Nominations Committee and Audit Committee (the Chase UK digital consumer bank), a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of J.P. Morgan Securities plc, and Chair of Nutmeg Saving and Investment Ltd. He is a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Risk Committee of M&G plc. Clive holds an MA in Economics from Cambridge University.
Committee memberships: Nominations, Remuneration
Mark Coombs
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed to the Board: December 1998
Skills, experience and contribution:
Mark Coombs founded the business which became Ashmore in 1992 and has overseen its successful growth for over 30 years.
Other roles past and present:
Mark was appointed a Director on the incorporation of the Company and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since then. He held a number of positions at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and led Ashmore’s buyout from ANZ in early 1999. He is currently Co-Chair of EMTA, the trade association for Emerging Markets, having been on the Board since 1993. Mark has an MA in Law from Cambridge University.
Tom Shippey
Group Finance Director
Appointed to the Board: November 2013
Skills, experience and contribution:
Tom Shippey is a chartered accountant with extensive experience in investment management, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and financial and regulatory reporting.
Other roles past and present:
Tom was appointed to the Board as Group Finance Director in November 2013. Prior to joining Ashmore in 2007, he worked for UBS Investment Bank, including advising on the Ashmore IPO in 2006. He is currently a Trustee of Resurgo Trust. Tom qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1999 and is a Fellow of the ICAEW. He has a BSc in International Business and German from Aston University.
Jennifer Bingham
Senior Independent Director
Appointed to the Board: June 2018
Skills, experience and contribution:
Jennifer Bingham has in-depth experience in investment oversight of the investment portfolios of family offices and charitable foundations and in her previous executive role in the Emerging Markets fund management business.
Other roles past and present:
Jennifer is an accountant and between 1992 and 2003 she was a senior executive of Brunswick Capital Management Limited, an investment manager specialising in the Russian equity market. During this period she variously held the offices of Chief Executive, Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer. Since 2003 Jennifer has held finance, administration and investment oversight roles with investment company PCHB Limited (part of the Cundill group of companies). She is currently an Executive Director and Treasurer of FPC Philanthropies Ltd (the Peter Cundill Foundation) and sits on the investment committee of PCHB Limited. Jennifer is also an Executive Director of Valley Management (UK) Limited, an Executive Director of Stichting Pamina, a Dutch Charitable Foundation, and was a Trustee of The Ashmore Foundation from 2019 to 2024.
Committee memberships: Audit and Risk, Nominations, Remuneration
Anna Sweeney
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board: August 2025
Skills, experience and contribution:
Anna brings a wealth of experience to the Board with her deep understanding of risk management, governance and business models across financial services.
Other roles past and present:
Anna spent over 25 years working in banking and insurance regulation, and has a deep understanding of risk management, governance and business models across financial services. From 1996 to 2022 Anna worked at the Bank of England and Financial Services Authority, holding various roles across the banking and insurance sectors. Most recently until 2022 Anna was Executive Director of Risk, Operations and General Insurance at the Bank of England, where she had responsibility for the Risk and Operations function of the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA), which included the Chief Operating Office, ownership of the PRA's supervisory approach and risk model and support for the Prudential Regulatory Authority's senior committees. During this time, she led a strategic review of the PRA's approach. Anna is currently a Non-executive Director and Senior Independent Director of Convex Insurance Limited, as well as a member of its risk committee. She is also an adviser to CYGNVS. Anna holds a degree in Modern Languages and European Studies from the University of Bath.
Committee memberships: Audit and Risk, Nominations, Remuneration
Thuy Dam
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board: June 2023
Skills, experience and contribution:
Thuy Dam has extensive investment and banking knowledge and has a thorough understanding of the complexity of Emerging Markets, particularly in Asia.
Other roles past and present:
Thuy began her career as an entrepreneur, co-founding Vietnam’s first private foreign investment consultancy firm. She then joined ANZ, helping to set up ANZ’s banking business in Asia and becoming the first Vietnamese citizen to lead an international bank in Vietnam. Thuy was ANZ’s Vice Chairwoman to the Greater Mekong region prior to joining the National Australia Bank as its Chief Representative in Vietnam. She has previously served as a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Ltd, a Non-executive Director of Thien Minh Group Limited and was the President of the Fulbright University Vietnam. Thuy is a Non-executive Director of TASCO JSC, EQuest Education Group, Levanta Holding Pte. Ltd, NAB Innovation Centre Vietnam and FWD Insurance. She is also an advisor on the S.E.A. Advisory Committee for British International Investment and is a Trustee of The Ashmore Foundation. Thuy holds a BA in English from the University of Hanoi and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Committee memberships: Audit and Risk, Nominations, Remuneration
(Bold denotes committee Chair)