Steve Ashton

Steve Ashton

Vice President, People & Organization Development
IWK Health Centre

Steve Ashton is the Vice-President People & Organization Development at IWK Health, the Maritime region’s leading health care and research centre dedicated to the well-being of women, gender diverse populations, children, youth & families.

Prior to the IWK, Steve held senior HR leadership roles with Bell Aliant and was a partner with a leading executive search firm. He earned his BSc (Hon) in Psychology and MBA from Dalhousie University, and completed Harvard University’s program on Leading Change and Organizational Renewal.

Steve is current Co-Chair of the national Health Human Resources Advisory Council with HealthCareCAN and serves on the Boards of WCB Nova Scotia and the NS Health Employees’ Pension Plan. He is firmly committed to health system transformation on the foundations of a talented, healthy and engaged workforce.