Author: R. Ashley Rawlins
Alternate names: Major R. Ashley Rawlins TD DL MBA MSc DMS BA MCMI; R. Ashley Rawlins TD DL
Bio: Major Ashley Rawlins a Nevisian, born in Rawlins Village, Gingerland, Nevis, West Indies to William and Veronica Rawlins, moved to Matchman’s Road, Gingerland, Nevis at age 8 years. The first of four children; Mrs. Ullida Gill, His Lordship Chief Justice Hugh Rawlins and Mr. Franklyn Rawlins. Grew up in Gingerland, attended The Gingerland Senior School and the Gingerland Methodist Church before moving to the UK as a teenager.

 Design Engineer, Energy Manager and Project Leader, British Telecom Plc. Senior Design Manager, Leeds City Council. Senior Manager, Utilities and Energy Management, Nottingham City Council. Contracts Manager, EnviroEnergy Ltd, one of Europe’s largest combined heat and power schemes. Visiting Lecturer in Building Services Engineering. Member of Governing Body for two high schools and one primary school and chair of one high school governing body. Director and Board Member of UCA House. Director, Chair and Board Member of Leeds Interpreting and Translation Services Ltd. Director and Board Member of Chapeltown and Harehills Enterprise Ltd. Director, Chair and Trustee of Leeds Chapeltown Citizen’s Advice Bureau. Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Incorporated Engineers, member of the interviewing panel and interviewed applicants for membership in the North East and Midlands from 1988 to 1992. Member of the East Midlands Energy Management Group, the Nottingham Green Partnership Energy Group, the Nottinghamshire Environmental Topic Forum and Chaired the Nottingham City Council’s Energy Conservation Group. Chair of Ardsley and Robin Hood BLP. President of Morley RBL. Member of Sheffield Business School’s Change Management Forum during its early stages. Member of the Chartered Management Institute. Appointed Her Majesty’s Deputy Lord-Lieutenant for the County of West Yorkshire. Author of Book – 

"The millennium Manager", published by AuthorHouse, February 2006.