Laura Ashton

Laura M. Ashton (née Allen) is a Canadian marketing executive based in Singapore. She has been Asia Pacific Director of Business Development, Marketing & Communications for Baker McKenzie, an international law firm, since early 2016.

From 2014 until 2015, she was Asia Pacific Regional Marketing Leader at A.T. Kearney, a management consulting firm. She is also a non-executive director of Asia Pacific Digital, a digital services firm.

From August 2011 until December 2013, she was Vice President, Head of Marketing for Philips Lighting's Growth Markets unit. She was formerly senior vice president for marketing in Asia-Pacific for Electrolux, as well as president of Electrolux India. Prior to that, she worked for Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands, England and Singapore.

In 2013, The Internationalist, a magazine for advertising and marketing personnel, named Ashton to its Asia 50 list of 50 "pioneering marketers working in one of the world's most diverse and fastest-growing regions who influence activities from Japan to India."

She frequently speaks at public events, including the 2013 iMedia Agency Summit and ad:tech Singapore 2014. Ashton has been a judge for the Asia Pacific Agency of the Year Award and the Asian Brand Marketing Effectiveness Awards. She is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. Ashton is also a member of the Singapore chapter of McGill University's alumni association.