Accent Reduction

Ashley Howard is a native British voice and communication coach based in Gloucestershire, UK. He has an MA in Voice Studies from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2006). He is also a designated Linklater Voice Teacher (2012).

Experience​

With 15 years experience, Ashley now leads a hugely successful private practice. He has delivered coaching solutions to individuals and companies nationally and internationally from both the public and private sectors.

These include those in media, government, law, academia, medicine, advertising, marketing and consultancy. Ashley has coached leading IT scientists, teachers, academics and senior research scientists, consultants and doctors, politicians, accountants and has worked with companies and organisations such as Microsoft, DLA Piper, SKY, HSBC, Barclays Bank, Prudential, BT, the BBC, Tisski, The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, Kaspersky, Service Source, Skill Net, Cisco.

Ashley has worked in partnership with Park Sims Associates and Flying Fish Consulting on various in-house courses for Senior Executives from Speedo and Welcome Break / Days Inn and has also designed and led numerous workshops at a variety of universities and schools, both for students and teachers.

Ashley leads an extremely popular and vastly expanding Accent Reduction and Business English service, which he offers face to face, online via Skype and in-house. He has coached a wide range of individuals from many nationalities, including French, German, Polish, Swedish, Italian, Nigerian, Kenyan, South African, American, Canadian, Argentinian, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Mexican, Chinese and Japanese, as well as a great many regional British, Irish, Scottish and Welsh speakers.