Louise Taylor is particularly focused on GI’s work in South East Asia and the Pacific and is working towards opening up the GI’s new Asia and Pacific office, based out of Singapore, in the course of 2020.  Before joining GI, Louise headed up the UK Government’s flagship global Serious and Organised crime network (SOCnet) and prior to that was responsible for developing the UK Foreign and Commonwealth’s Office’s approach to tackling serious and organised crime.  Between 2014 and 2016 Louise was the British Deputy Ambassador in Pristina, Kosovo having served in a number of other diplomatic postings in the Balkans, South America and Brussels, Belgium.  Louise has an MA(Hons) in Social Anthropology and Development from the University of Edinburgh.  Louise is currently based in the UK and will relocate to Singapore in the Summer of 2020.