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Simon Taylor

DirectorGlobal Witness

Skoll Awardee

Biography

Simon is a co-Founder & Director of Global Witness. He has investigated malfeasance of the extractives industries - oil, gas and mining sectors over the past 25 years and campaigned to hold them to account. He is a conceiver and co-founder of the International Publish What You Pay (www.pwyp.org) Campaign. Simon is currently focussed on accountability of the fossil fuel industry, in particular related to the climate crisis, and their serially corrupt business practices and lax environmental controls. Simon is a Steering Committee member of the Fossil Fuel non-Proliferation Treaty campaign.

Regional Focus

Central America, Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa