Mr. Ash is an accomplished executive who served as a C-level executive for a variety of high profile, international companies including; Israel Export Development Corporation (1992- 1999), CITA Americas (1994-1996), BioCard Corp. (1996-2004), IEDC Marketing and Abrams, and Ash & Associates (1990-1992). Additionally, in 1987, Mr. Ash founded an interest-free microloan society that has provided more than $15 million in microloans throughout the United States and Israel. Mr. Ash currently serves as the Chairman of Claridge Management (2010- present), a private finance company, as well as he sits as a director on a number of boards both domestically and Internationally. Mr. Ash is also the only non-UK citizen serving on the Advisory Board of the E2Exchange (2012), the Institute of Entrepreneurs. Mr. Ash is an active member of multiple non-profit charitable organizations including One Laptop Per Child (2014) and Circle of Life Resource Center, Inc. (2016), a food bank in Miami, Florida that feeds hundreds of families per week. Mr. Ash earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with Honors in Accounting and Law from the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) (1983) and a Bachelor of Accounting Honors degree from the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) (1984).