Meg Taylor
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Papua New Guinea
| ||
| (South) Pacific Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1971 Pirae | Pentathlon |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1971 Pirae | 4x100 m relay |
Dame Meg Taylor DBE is a Papua New Guinean lawyer and diplomat.
She received her LL.B degree from Melbourne University, Australia, and her LL.M degree from Harvard University, USA. She practised law in Papua New Guinea and serves as a member of the Law Reform Commission.
The daughter of Australian explorer Jim Taylor,[1] she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2002.
From 1989-94, she was Ambassador of Papua New Guinea to the United States, Mexico and Canada in Washington D.C. Until 2014, Taylor was Vice President, Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group.
On 31 July 2014, it was announced that Dame Meg Taylor would take up the appointment of Secretary General to the Pacific Islands Forum based in Suva Fiji; she became the first woman to hold that post.[2][3] [4]
Achievements in athletics
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Papua New Guinea | |||||
| 1971 | South Pacific Games | Pirae, French Polynesia | 2nd | Pentathlon | 3386 pts |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 50.4 s | |||
References
- ↑ Jim Taylor profile, ScreenAustralia.gov.au; accessed 8 June 2015.
- ↑ "PNG's Dame Meg Taylor will be PIFS First Female Secretary General - Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat". Forumsec.org. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ↑ Profile Transparencypng.org.pg; accessed 8 June 2015.
- ↑ Profile CSCAustralia.com; accessed 8 June 2015.