Abi Taylor

Abi is a former HIF Innovation Manager at Elrha.

Abi joined the team in 2019 as one of our Innovation Managers, and leads our work on localisation (primarily through our partnership with the Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network) while also supporting our work on scaling innovation.

Before joining the Elrha team Abi worked for a social impact consultancy firm where her work focused on supporting non- profits to develop value-oriented strategies and financially resilient business models. Previous roles have led her to Kathmandu where she edited Managing Humanitarian Innovation, a field guide for humanitarians, and to Geneva developing partnerships for the Global Humanitarian Lab.

Abi is excited to play a role in ensuring that innovation fulfils its potential to continually improve humanitarian action, better meeting the needs of people affected by crises. She believes we can do this through embedding better models and more effective collaboration – within communities, with aid workers, within aid agencies and with researchers.