Deborah Taylor

Deborah Taylor is the Managing Director of the Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF), a not-for-profit foundation set up in July 2020 to support the leather industry to become more sustainable. The SLF created the A.I.M. Approach to sustainable improvement – Accessible, Inclusive and Modular and works through the innovative SLF Transparency Dashboard, the first of its kind in the leather industry.

Prior to setting up SLF, Taylor managed the Leather Working Group (LWG), and her experience outside the leather industry includes HR and project management for companies including Sony Mobile, PlayStation, the BBC and TNT International.

Since April 2020, she has also worked as the leather value chain expert for the UNECE. She is a practitioner member of the Chartered Quality Institute and a certified SA8000 lead auditor. Taylor is currently Vice-President for the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists and is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Curriers.