Geoffrey Taylor studied at the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch (South Africa) and Utrecht (The Netherlands). He worked as Health Advisor for the Cape Town City Health Department and was Guest Lecturer on Community Health at several Western Cape universities and colleges in South Africa.

 

In 1992 he was awarded the United Nations Human Rights Fellowship to Geneva and Strasbourg. Since 1995 he is the Academic Programme Manager at SAS Software Limited, UK. In that function he is responsible for joint curriculum development with universities and student programmes. As Chair of the SAS Global Academic Council, he is responsible for overall Academic Programme Strategy in 110 countries.