Ashley Wickham is from Munda in Western Province of Solomon Islands. His career spans 30 years in media (print/radio) production, management, and training, public service, consulting and recently working in the UN system.

He worked for the SPC from its Regional Media Centre in Suva for ten years and is well travelled in the islands region. He currently heads the Solomon Islands Field Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Honiara.

With recent Postgraduate studies in Education, he is particularly concerned with educational issues and his work programme for OHCHR is a combination of community education activities and promotion of improved mechanisms to ensure human rights protection.

He maintains an active interest in communication, culture, education and development and is a member of the civil society network in Solomon Islands.