Resilience is a Muscle You Can Build

Resilience is a Muscle You Can Build

From Great Women in Compliance by Lisa Fine and Hemma Lomax

March 4, 2026 · 29 min · Episode 304

About this episode

Trish Ashman shares her journey and insights on resilience and ethics in compliance roles during corporate crises.

In this episode of Great Women in Compliance, Lisa Fine talks with Trish Ashman, Senior Director of Ethics & Compliance (AMEA & APAC) at Cushman & Wakefield, about resilience, integrity, and knowing when it’s time to move on. Trish shares her journey from private practice in London to Singapore and into the Ethics and Compliance space. Trish was at Wirecard and then at Twitter, both of which had her working through two major corporate crises – the fraud at Wirecard and the ownership change at Twitter. Trish candidly shares her experiences and lessons learned from both of those roles. At Wirecard, she stayed to support employees during the collapse, focused on fairness and doing what she could to make a difference. At Twitter, after the acquisition dramatically reshaped the company and its compliance function, she considered whether she could still meaningfully influence ethical decision-making and if this role aligned with her values. This episode is an honest conversation about ethics and compliance as a calling, resilience as a muscle, and how these experiences shaped Trish and helped her become resilient and find a role where she would thrive.

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Fine

Guest: Trish Ashman

Topics covered

  • resilience
  • ethics
  • compliance
  • corporate crises
  • career transition

Keywords

  • integrity
  • Wirecard
  • Twitter
  • Cushman & Wakefield

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Great Women in Compliance

Places: London, Singapore

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