Our Board of Directors

With over 20 years of experience in the banking industry, Ash Mohammed is an accomplished Senior Leader with a decade of proven success in driving operational excellence and innovative risk management across a large organisation. As the Head of Operational Risk Frameworks, Systems and Insights, Ash is responsible for shaping, implementing, and continuously enhancing risk strategies and frameworks that support sustainable business growth and resilience.

Beyond his corporate leadership, Ash is deeply committed to social impact. He serves as Chair of Move On, a charity dedicated to empowering young people and vulnerable individuals to build brighter futures. He is also a Board Member of NW Social and Community Capital, helping to promote inclusive finance and community development through ethical and responsible investment.

Ash combines strategic thinking with a people-first approach, fostering collaboration, innovation, and integrity in everything he does.

Andrew Robinson joined the Move On Board in June 2024. He is Associate Director at iMultiply, a specialist recruitment firm focused on accounting and finance roles across Scotland. With over a decade of experience in recruitment, Andrew has built a reputation for strategic leadership, customer-first thinking, and mentoring high-performing teams. He leads senior qualified appointments across Industry & Commerce, partnering with SMEs and global organisations to deliver tailored hiring strategies. Andrew is passionate about improving the recruitment experience and has spearheaded initiatives in onboarding, training, and internal systems development. Outside of work, he’s a keen sports enthusiast and an advocate for community engagement, regularly contributing to thought leadership events and professional forums.

Ian joined Move On’s board in the summer of 2025. He is an experienced investment professional and senior leader, with over three decades of experience, working as portfolio manager and team leader at firms including Janus Henderson and Trillium Asset Management. Ian is also an active Angel Investor, holds several NED and advisory board positions and is involved with several charities.

Yasmin joined the board in June 2017. Recently appointed to Head of Large Corporate Scotland at Barclays, with over 20 years of wide-ranging banking experience. She has successfully grown the Scottish business as well as support a number of other UK wide sectors. Transactional focused, lending to mid-large corporates, family owned, private and listed companies. Over the years, Yasmin has also provided mentoring support through the Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust, Scottish Chambers of Commerce, and advisory to the Barclays Black Founder Accelerator Programme.

Director of Student Systems and Administration at the University of Edinburgh, Lisa Dawson is an experienced manager with more than ten years’ experience combined across business process improvement, software innovation and development, network infrastructure and project management. She has worked in both public sector and financial services before finding a passion for Education within FE and now HE. Lisa’s expertise has led her to specialise in innovative developments to support the student experience which have been recognised by Scottish Government, Funding Council, Jisc and UCISA. Her combination of technology, social and digital skills coupled with effective communication builds positive relationships enabling her to lead and motivate teams to successfully meet strategic objectives.

Helen is an IT Consultant and Change Management Professional, with 30 years’ experience of working in the Edinburgh Financial Services market. She is currently a Director in her own business, providing change management expertise to a global financial technology client.

David joined the Move on board in July 2021 having previously served on the SEAF advisory board since 2020. Professionally he spent many years working in global leadership roles for major industrial companies, mainly in supply and manufacturing. More recently after “retiring” from his executive role, David has focused on mentoring young people in business and also investing, advising and mentoring tech start up companies throughout the UK.