Ian Taylor

Dr Taylor has extensive experience across the cotton RD&E pipeline, having worked as a researcher specialising in integrated weed management before progressing to management positions within the cotton industry’s extension program, CottonInfo and CRDC. Prior to being appointed Executive Director, Dr Taylor performed the role of CRDC’s General Manager of R&D Investments for five years, overseeing CRDC’s investment in cotton RD&E to deliver impact, and leading the development of the CRDC Strategic RD&E Plan 2018–23. Dr Taylor holds BAppSc and PhD degrees from The University of Queensland, is a graduate of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation, and is Deputy Chair of the Summit Community Services board. He has extensive stakeholder management, strategy development, leadership and governance experience, combined with national and international networks, in part from his time as the Technology Development Lead and Asia-Pacific Technical and Stewardship Lead with Monsanto. In his former career, Dr Taylor was an avionics technician in the Australian Defence Force, where he developed a sound understanding of digital and advanced complex systems. Appointed: 7 March 2019 by virtue of his appointment as Executive Director of CRDC. Dr Taylor was acting Executive Director from January to March 2019. He attends the Audit, Intellectual Property and Remuneration Committees as an observer. https://www.crdc.com.au/about-us/our-board