Ashley is a physiotherapist at St John of God Frankston Rehabilitation Hospital. He completed his physiotherapy degree in 1991 and finished a postgraduate diploma in orthopaedic physiotherapy at University of Melbourne in 1995. He then completed an MBA from Monash University in 2005. Ashley has mainly worked as a rehabilitation clinician. Ashley became a physiotherapist after spending three years in the defence force. He feels it is a privilege to be working in the health sector and continually meet the needs of the patient.