David Ashby is from Brighton, right on the south coast of England.  He moved to Göteborg in 2002 and then to Stockholm in 2004.

Since then he has been working as a specialised English trainer for a variety of language companies in Sweden, and has built up a reputation as a friendly, flexible and dedicated professional English teacher.  He continues to work for various companies, and also with his own sole trader company, Dashington Hedge, where Everything is English!

He has helped authors, journalists, CEOs, civil servants, builders, miners, bankers and more feel confident with their English, and has worked with students from many universities to help them improve their written work.  You can read about the services offered here.

Back in the UK David had a varied business background, where as well as working as a trainer he also worked for large organisations such as Renault, British Telecom, the Inland Revenue and the Ministry of Defence, in roles such as Marketing Manager, Account Manager and Executive Officer.

David has certificates in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and in Business Education and IT from Sussex University and the University of Brighton as well as diplomas in Business Studies.

David is married to the Swedish author and Speech and Language Therapist, Elvira Berg Ashby and they have two children, Sam and Tilly.  He speaks Swedish but loves English.

You can reach him here.