Ashish Prashar

About Ashish

A charismatic political strategist, criminal justice activist, and award-winning executive, Ashish Prashar is known for flipping the script and winning over the toughest adversary. He is formerly incarcerated, and writes and speaks candidly and passionately about ending prison and policing systems.

Ashish began his career in journalism and shortly moved over to politics, handling communications for the Conservative Party. Eventually, he became the youngest press secretary for the Mayor of London when he joined Boris Johnson’s press team in 2008. He also worked for the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative in Sierra Leone. In the United States, Ashish worked on Barack Obama’s 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign, the 2018 Midterms for a number of Democrat candidates, and President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign. He also mobilized formerly incarcerated citizens to exercise their right to vote in the 2020 election.

Ashish brought his political communications acumen to the private sector as well. Since 2014, he has provided communication and policy counsel to multiple U.S. and Brazil based start-ups. In 2018 he became head of communications for Publicis Sapient, and most recently, he was the Global Chief Marketing Officer for R/GA.

Ashish has appeared as a regular commentator in the media, contributing to CNN, Fast Company, NBC, The Guardian and USA Today. He graduated from the University of Westminster in London and happily resides with his family in New York City.