Ashley Wells

Associate
(Canberra)

Ashley Wells has more than ten years experience working in government, the Federal bureaucracy, Federal Parliament and for peak industry bodies.

Ashley has worked in the Federal Parliament as a senior policy and political adviser.  He has broad policy experience across several areas, having worked as senior adviser to the Hon. Stephen Smith MP in the industry, infrastructure, industrial relations and education & training portfolios, and as foreign affairs adviser to Kevin Rudd when he held the foreign affairs and international security portfolios.

In addition to his ministerial and parliamentary experience, Ashley has extensive experience in the trade policy portfolio, having worked at both the Australian Trade Commission and at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade where he worked on Australia’s international trade negotiations. In both these roles, Ashley worked closely with Australian businesses to help achieve export successes. Ashley has also worked for the Motor Trades Association of Australia.

Ashley holds a Masters of International Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Political Science, both from the Australian National University in Canberra.

Tel: +61 2 6295 8300
Fax: +61 2 6295 8400
Mob: +61 402 286 680
Email: awells@hawkerbritton.com