Jane Taylor (lawyer)
Jane Taylor | |
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| Chair of New Zealand Post | |
| In office 1 November 2016 – 31 October 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | John Key Bill English Jacinda Ardern |
| Preceded by | Michael Cullen |
| Succeeded by | Jackie Lloyd (Acting) |
| Chair of Predator Free 2050 | |
| Assumed office 30 November 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | John Key Bill English Jacinda Ardern |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Deborah Jane Strongman |
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| Profession | Professional Director |
Jane Taylor is a New Zealand former barrister, chartered accountant and chair of the Board of New Zealand Post. She has held several directorial and board positions across many prominent New Zealand companies.
Career
[edit]Taylor's current appointments include: Board Member at Aotearoa Circle (beginning 2019);[1] Independent Director at Port Otago (beginning 2019);[2] Chair of the Board at Orion Group (beginning 2019);[3] Director at Ontario Teachers Pension Plan New Zealand Forest Investments Limited (beginning 2015);[4] and Independent Director & Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at Silver Fern Farms (beginning 2013).[5]
Her previous appointments include: Chair of Predator Free 2050;[6] Director of Hirepool Group and OTTP New Zealand Forest Investments; Deputy Chair of Radio New Zealand;[7] and Chair of Landcare Research New Zealand.[8] She was also a board member of the External Reporting Board (XRB).[9]
Taylor was also a Director at Forestry Corporation of New Zealand Limited (1994 - 1996), GNS Science Limited (2008 - 2014), and the Research and Education Advanced Network Limited (2005 - 2011).
She holds honours degrees in Law from the University of Auckland and a postgraduate qualification in Accountancy, Accounting and Finance from Victoria University of Wellington. She also holds a Bachelor of Forestry Science (Hons) from the University of Canterbury.[10] She is a solicitor of the High Court, a member of the New Zealand Law Society,[11] and a member of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ).
Taylor is a current-resource consent commissioner for the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) having sat on "about 100 hearings panels"[12] since her first panel in 2006.
Controversies
[edit]New Zealand Post
[edit]In an article published 10 April 2018 in the National Business Review, it was reported that New Zealand Post, on Taylor's watch, was losing its mail delivery volumes faster than predicted.[13] The article was published days after New Zealand Post announced a controversial increase in postage prices.[14] The article also suggested that New Zealand Post was defying the new Labour-led Government by not focusing on providing dividends.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Taylor is a fifth-generation New Zealander, brought up in Coromandel, New Zealand. She attended secondary school in Auckland. She moved to Queenstown from Auckland in 2001.[15] Taylor lives in Queenstown with youngest son and her husband, Mark Taylor, whom she married in 1999 in Arrowtown.[16] She has four children; two with ex-husband Garry Muir, and one with current husband Mark Taylor; one of whom is a doctor at Middlemore Hospital,[16] and another of whom is the chief executive officer and founder of TreeTime App, a non-profit tree planting organization.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Who We Are". The Aotearoa Circle. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Jane Taylor » Port Otago". www.portotago.co.nz. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Our directors » Orion". www.oriongroup.co.nz. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Forest Owner Appoints Two Experienced Directors to Board". www.scoop.co.nz. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Jane Taylor - Director (Independent)". www.silverfernfarms.coop. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Predator Free 2050 Ltd board appointed". www.doc.govt.nz. New Zealand Department of Conservation. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Appointments to Radio New Zealand Board". The Beehive. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Jane Taylor (Chair) | Our board members". www.landcareresearch.co.nz. Landcare Research. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "External Reporting Board Appointment". The Beehive. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Our board members | Our people | Landcare Research". www.landcareresearch.co.nz. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Mrs Jane Taylor : New Zealand Bar Association". www.nzbar.org.nz. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Jane's a jack of all trades, master of all". www.scene.co.nz. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ a b "NZ Post's mail delivery business falling faster than ever". The National Business Review. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "New Zealand Post confirms postage price to increase". NZ Herald. 27 March 2018. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Meet our board | New Zealand Post". www.nzpost.co.nz. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Talented director builds on skills". Otago Daily Times Online News. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Our Team, Our Partners, Our Mission - TreeTime App". treetimeapp.com. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- Living people
- People from Queenstown, New Zealand
- University of Auckland alumni
- 20th-century New Zealand businesswomen
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- Victoria University of Wellington alumni
- University of Canterbury alumni
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