Paul Taylor Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

• Provided regional leadership and managed current annual fiscal year budget of $160M across nine West African countries. • Drove strategic direction for the region and supervised 10 direct reports and six regional team members in partnership with operational leads. Oversaw 2,500 national staff members and 120 expatriate staff in 47 locations.• Expanded presence, opening new country offices in Central African Republic, Nigeria, Mali, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Niger. Annual fiscal year budgets increased from $40M to $140M over the period.• In FY20, exceeded business development target by 17%, raising $143M in new business.• Ensured country program financial accountability to donor and IRC rules and regulations.• Represented region to domestic and international donors with a focus on donor development.• Ensured IRC West African country teams met gender-action-plan targets and address diversity, equity, and inclusion in country operations. • Managed IRC operations in Haiti, Colombia, Central African Republic, Tanzania, Burundi, and Rwanda. • Scaled IRC’s operations in Liberia and Sierra Leone to respond to the Ebola pandemic in 2014-2016, tripling staffing and budgets.• Successfully phased out IRC operations in Guinea, Haiti, and Colombia when crisis ebbed, ensuring a professional departure. Established partnerships in Haiti with two local organizations and funneled funding through them to respond to humanitarian needs after hurricanes displaced thousands.• Managed staff evacuations in Central African Republic on two occasions and in Cote d’Ivoire when violence flared in 2004. Managed critical incidents including staff kidnapping

Sarajevo, Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bosnia And Herzegovina

• Managed the programmatic operations of ARC’s $8.5M Bosnia-Herzegovina country program. Ensured ARC’s internal personnel, administration, finance, program development, communication, and reporting procedures were implemented and respected by all ARC employees.
• Supervised a staff of 100 national employees and 10 expatriate field staff based in five field offices and 12 walk-in legal aid centers and directed the implementation of multi-sectoral programs.
• Assessed, designed, and developed new projects that met ARC’s regional mission.
• Directly responsible for ensuring all programs were implemented as per donor guidelines, and that donor-imposed regulations were respected and adhered to by ARC field personnel.
• Developed standardized procurement guidelines and beneficiary selection procedures for use by all ARC field offices, increased transparency, and ensured consistent implementation.
• Prepared annual operating budgets for Sarajevo and field offices.
• Diversified ARC’s funding base by securing two USAID grants, expanded ARC’s portfolio of Royal Netherlands Embassy funded projects to new offices, and increased the scope of ARC’s UNHCR-supported projects in southern and western BiH.
• Represented ARC to donor representatives and with Federation and Republika Srpska officials.


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Other Experience:

INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (IRC) 8/1995 – 6/1999

Field Coordinator, Jablanica and Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina (4/1995 – 6/1999)
• Directly responsible for the programmatic and operational management of the field office’s $3M annual operation and program budget. Supervised a staff of 12 national employees and one expatriate.

Field Officer, Jablanica, Bosnia-Herzegovina (8/1995 – 4/1996)
• Researched, developed, implemented, and monitored humanitarian programs designed to improve the social, economic, and material condition of war-affected communities.

Masters In International Affairs, Development Economics And International Development

Certificate of African Studies

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics

University College London (Junior Year Abroad)