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Megan Taylor

 Managing Director 
 
Megan is Managing Director at RISE and was part of the founding team that shaped its early years. Under her leadership, she continues the legacy started by her father, Simon, RISE’s founder, while evolving the work to meet today’s challenges and environments. Megan is passionate about how we work together to tackle complex, pressing issues, and has led collaborative initiatives across sectors with a focus on capacity building, leadership, and education.

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Fun, determined,
brave, refreshing...

Megan brings a grounded energy for making progress, helping groups not only understand what’s really going on, but also supporting them to experiment with new ways of working to create meaningful change. She’s known for her curiosity, her willingness to do things differently, and her ability to draw on a broad range of expertise while responding in the moment to the needs of the group.

With a background in facilitation, programme design, and leadership development, Megan brings depth, clarity, and challenge to her work with people and teams. She holds a master’s in People and Organisational Development from Roffey Park and is a trained coach. 

She’s the founder of Move the World, a global citizenship education charity in Ghana, and sits on the Impact Council for Rivet.org, supporting grassroots, mission-led innovation. As a member of Nexus Global and an angel investor, she focuses on supporting early-stage, purpose-driven ventures. In 2024, she was named a finalist for Women in Change’s Consultant of the Year award.