Professor Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor specialises in governance effectiveness and analysis of complex projects and ecosystems. Her career has spanned industry, design and construction, and academe.
Her engineering underpins her consultancy and she has built extensive Board-level leadership in professional organisations and innovative technology entities. Currently she is Chair of SmartCrete (concrete) Collaborative Research Centre and Chair, Governing Group, and Deputy Chair, Sydney Accord, of the International Engineering Alliance. She is past Chair, Washington Accord, Engineers Australia Accreditation Board and the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland.
Elizabeth has always engaged in diverse pro-bono work. Currently she is Chair of the Cambodian Childrens’ Trust Australia. Previously she was Chair of RedR Australia, an humanitarian response agency, and Chair of RedR International.
Elizabeth is an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to engineering education through the design and implementation of innovative academic programs, to professional associations, and to enhancing the status of women in the profession and promoting it as a career option. She is an Honorary Fellow of Engineers Australia, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Fellow, Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and has been recognised as one of Australia’s 100 most influential engineers. She is Emeritus Professor at Central Queensland University and has an Honorary Doctorate from UNSW. In 2021 she was awarded Engineers Australia's Peter Nicol Russell Career Achievement Memorial Medal.