Jane Taylor
Jane Taylor
Chair of New Zealand Post
In office
1 November 2016 – 31 October 2018
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Bill English
Jacinda Ardern
Preceded byMichael Cullen
Succeeded byJackie Lloyd (Acting)
Chair of Predator Free 2050
Assumed office
30 November 2016
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Bill English
Jacinda Ardern
Preceded byPosition Established
Personal details
Born
Deborah Jane Strongman
Spouses
  • Garry Muir
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    ​
    (m. 1993; div. 1998)​
  • Mark Taylor
    ​
    (m. 1999)​
ProfessionProfessional 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

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

New Zealand Post

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

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

  1. ↑ "Who We Are". The Aotearoa Circle. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Jane Taylor » Port Otago". www.portotago.co.nz. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Our directors » Orion". www.oriongroup.co.nz. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Forest Owner Appoints Two Experienced Directors to Board". www.scoop.co.nz. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Jane Taylor - Director (Independent)". www.silverfernfarms.coop. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Predator Free 2050 Ltd board appointed". www.doc.govt.nz. New Zealand Department of Conservation. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Appointments to Radio New Zealand Board". The Beehive. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Jane Taylor (Chair) | Our board members". www.landcareresearch.co.nz. Landcare Research. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "External Reporting Board Appointment". The Beehive. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Our board members | Our people | Landcare Research". www.landcareresearch.co.nz. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Mrs Jane Taylor : New Zealand Bar Association". www.nzbar.org.nz. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Jane's a jack of all trades, master of all". www.scene.co.nz. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  13. 1 2 "NZ Post's mail delivery business falling faster than ever". The National Business Review. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "New Zealand Post confirms postage price to increase". NZ Herald. 27 March 2018. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "Meet our board | New Zealand Post". www.nzpost.co.nz. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  16. 1 2 "Talented director builds on skills". Otago Daily Times Online News. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "Our Team, Our Partners, Our Mission - TreeTime App". treetimeapp.com. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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