Meg Taylor
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| 9th Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Tuiloma Neroni Slade | |||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Henry Puna | |||||||||||||||||
| Ambassador to the United States, Mexico and Canada | ||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1989–1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Dame Meg Taylor DBE is a Papua New Guinean politician who served as Secretary General to the Pacific Islands Forum from 2014 to 2021. She was previously an athlete, lawyer and diplomat.
Life and career
She received her LL.B degree from Melbourne University, Australia, and her LL.M degree from Harvard University in the United States. She practiced 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 to 1994, 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) of the World Bank Group.[citation needed]
On 31 July 2014, it was announced that Dame Meg Taylor would take up the appointment of Secretary General to the Pacific Islands Forum, an intergovernmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean; she became the first woman to hold that post.[2][3][4]
Achievements in athletics
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1971 | South Pacific Games | Pirae, French Polynesia | 2nd | Pentathlon | 3386 pts |
| 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 50.4 s | |||
See also
References
- ^ Jim Taylor profile, ScreenAustralia.gov.au; accessed 8 June 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."PNG's Dame Meg Taylor will be PIFS First Female Secretary General – Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat". Forumsec.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ Profile Transparencypng.org.pg[permanent dead link]; accessed 8 June 2015.
- ^ Profile CSCAustralia.com; accessed 8 June 2015.
External links
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