Meg Taylor
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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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
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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.
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- ↑ Profile Transparencypng.org.pgScript error: No such module "Unsubst".; accessed 8 June 2015.
- ↑ Profile CSCAustralia.com; accessed 8 June 2015.
External links
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- Place of birth missing (living people)
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Secretaries general of the Pacific Islands Forum
- Ambassadors of Papua New Guinea to the United States
- Ambassadors of Papua New Guinea to Mexico
- High commissioners of Papua New Guinea to Canada
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Papua New Guinean lawyers
- Papua New Guinean women diplomats
- Papua New Guinean female sprinters
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Papua New Guinean women ambassadors
- Melbourne Law School alumni
- Papua New Guinean people of Australian descent
- Pacific Games silver medalists for Papua New Guinea
- Pacific Games bronze medalists for Papua New Guinea
- Pacific Games medalists in athletics
- Lawyers awarded damehoods