Ashley Smith, co-founder of British Gas Venture Capital

Ashley Smith co-founded British Gas Venture Capital two years ago. She was formerly an associate at UK-based venture firm CT Investment Partners. She also worked as a high-yield credit analyst at asset manager Franklin Templeton Investments and the Environmental Protection Agency.

She was a student of international studies at University of Pennsylvania – the Lauder Institute, and she secured a clean technology management MBA and studied science, chemistry and German at McGill University.