Person

Taylor, Michael John

AO

Occupation
Business executive, Public servant and Science administrator

Summary

Michael Taylor has made significant contributions to natural resource and agricultural policy and management. Michael Taylor has served as the chair person or chief executive of a number of organisations in both the government and the not for profit sector. These organisations include the Gardiner Foundation, the Murray Darling Basin Authority, the bushfire Cooperative Research Centre, the Australian Dairy Industry Council and the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. In 2007 Michael Taylor became an Officer of the Order of Australia.

Details

Chronology

1970
Education - BAgSc, University of Melbourne
1972
Education - Diploma in Agriculture Economics, University of New England
1986 - 1990
Career position - General Manager, Rural Policy and Marketing, Victorian Department of Agriculture
1991 - 1992
Career position - Chief Executive, Australian Dairy Industry Council
1992 - 1995
Career position - Secretary, Victorian Department of Agriculture
1995 - 1996
Career position - Secretary, Victorian Department of Agriculture, Energy and Minerals
1996 - 2000
Career position - Secretary, Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment
1997 - 2005
Career position - Chairman, Primary Industries Standing Committee
1997 - 2005
Career position - Member, Australian Council of International Agricultural Research
2001
Award - Centenary Medal for service as Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
2001 - 2004
Career position - Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
2002 -
Career position - Chairman, Steering Committee, National Food Industry Strategy
2004 -
Career position - Member, Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
2004 - 2007
Career position - Secretary, Department of Transport and Regional Services
2007
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to the management of natural resources and industry policy development at the Federal level and also in Victoria, particularly in the area of agriculture, and through contributions to transport, water, food and safety standards [award ID 1134675]
2007 - 2009
Career position - Secretary, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
2008 -
Career position - Member, Melbourne Business School Board of Directors, University of Melbourne
2009
Life event - Retired
2009 - 2011
Career position - Chair, Murray-Darling Basin Authority
2009 - 2013
Career position - Director, Bushfire CRC

Published resources

Books

  • Malone, Paul, Australian department heads under Howard, career paths and practice: collected articles from The Canberra times (Canberra: ANU E Press, 2006), 136 pp. Details

Journal Articles

Resources

Resource Sections

Elizabeth Daniels and Helen Cohn

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