Riana Taylor, M.A Criminology. After an academic career, Riana joined Nelson Mandela’s first democratic government in South Africa as Chief Director of the Department of Safety and Security. In 2000, she became the Head of Strategy for the then Disability Rights Commission in the UK and the Deputy Chief/Director of Strategy for Thames Valley Probation in 2002. Between 2007 and 2009, she worked in China and Vietnam as a consultant for the UNDP and Rego Foundation. In 2010, she joined Wiltshire Probation Trust as Director of Interventions and then, as part of the Transforming Rehabilitation Programme, became the Director of Operations for two Community Rehabilitation Companies (BGSW CRC and DDC CRC). Riana has been the CEO of Circles UK since October 2016.