Papua New Guinean politician
Meg Taylor
In office Preceded by Tuiloma Neroni Slade Succeeded by Henry Puna In office
Nationality Papua New Guinean Alma mater Occupation
Diplomat
Lawyer
Track and field athlete Sports career
Dame Meg Taylor DBE 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] 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
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