For the last two decades, Greg Taylor has been fighting poverty and advancing human rights and justice through finance and operations leadership roles in local and international non-government and multilateral organizations. Qualified in Australia as a CPA, Greg has a BA in Finance, Economics and Accounting from the University of Technology, Sydney, and an MA in International Studies from the University of Sydney. Currently, he is the Chief Finance and Operations Officer at the Robin Hood Foundation, New York City’s largest poverty-fighting philanthropy.
Previously, Greg spent nine years at the Open Society Foundations, first as Budget Director and finally as its first Global Director of Operations, where he led key operations functions including Finance, Information Technology, Real Estate & Facilities, Security and, at times, Human Resources. Prior to Open Society, Greg was a Programme Budget Officer at the United Nations in New York City, responsible for the budgetary administration of the UN’s global property portfolio, including the $2 billion refurbishment of its New York headquarters. Greg also spent more than six years with ActionAid, a global federation fighting poverty and injustice. This included time as the CFO of ActionAid Australia and the International Head of Financial Performance at ActionAid International in Johannesburg. Greg also spent two years volunteering as a teacher at Guangxi University for Nationalities in Nanning, China through Australian Volunteers International.
Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, Greg has lived and worked in Australia, China, Czechia, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. For the last thirteen years, he has enjoyed living and working in his adopted home of New York City.