INTRODUCTION
Abbi Knell is a Senior Manager in the Ecosystem Development team at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), a global philanthropy committed to transforming the lives of children and adolescence through working to support climate, child health and rights, reproductive health and rights, and gender equality. Abbi focuses on Europe, looking at how interventions across ecosystem foresight, influencing, and thought leadership can improve philanthropic coordination and CSO resilience.
Previously, Abbi was Vice Chair on the Board of Directors for Foundation International Comms Hub, a global organisation working to build the power of pro-democracy groups through evidence-based communications. Abbi has also worked in the strategic communications teams at Arts Council England and Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage.