Managing Director & VP, Consumer & Online UK Microsoft
Ashley Highfield is Managing Director & VP, Consumer & Online UK; part of a newly established global organisation within Microsoft responsible for consumer services across PC, mobile and internet platforms including Windows, MSN, Hotmail, and Internet Explorer. He is also responsible for Microsoft’s online advertising business.
Highfield joined Microsoft in January 2009 from his position as CEO of Kangaroo, the proposed video-on-demand joint venture between the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Previously he was Director of New Media & Technology and an executive board member for the BBC for 8 years.
Highfield is a Governor of the British Film Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Television Society, a member of BAFTA, a Chartered (Information) Engineer, and a non-executive director of William Hill plc.
